Før borgerkrigen i USA blir Salomon Northup, en fri svart mann fra New York, bortført og solgt til slaveri. Som slave blir Solomon utsatt for ufattelig grusomhet, men møter også uventet godhet. Han må kjempe både for å overleve og for å beholde verdigheten. I sitt tolvte år som slave møter han en kanadisk slavemotstander som kommer til å forandre livet hans for alltid.
En titt på forholdet mellom den berømte fysikeren Stephen Hawking og hans kone.
Da fjortenåringen Priscilla Beaulieu møter Elvis Presley på en fest, opplever hun at han privat er alt annet enn en rebelsk rock’n’roller og superstjerne. Elvis blir hennes forelskelse, en alliert i ensomheten og en øm og sårbar bestevenn. Gjennom Priscillas øyne viser Sofia Coppola en ny side av Elvis og Priscillas forelskelse og turbulente ekteskap, fra en tysk militærbase til en glamorøs drømmetilværelse på Graceland, i et dypt og ektefølt portrett av kjærlighet, fantasi og berømmelse.
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.
Coming-of-age story depicting Zlatan Ibrahimovic's upbringing in a rough Swedish suburb. Born to Balkan immigrants, football was Zlatan's release in a tough environment where his remarkable talent and self-reliance catapulted him against all odds to the top of international football playing for clubs like Ajax Amsterdam, Juventus, Inter, Milan, Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United.
This engaging series of childhood recollections tells of an unconventional school in Tokyo during World War II that combined learning with fun, freedom, and love. The school had old railroad cars for classrooms and was run by an extraordinary man – its founder and headmaster, Sōsaku Kobayashi – who deeply valued children's independence, and who was a firm believer in freedom of expression and activity.
Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applying for a job at a travel agency he finds he’s being interviewed for work with departures of a more permanent nature – as an undertaker’s assistant.
A mostly true account of future Hollywood star Errol Flynn's sea adventures in the early thirties, sailing from Australia to Papua in search of gold, along with his best friend Rex, a former Canadian smuggler; Dook, a handy English gentleman; and Charlie, a grumpy old sailor.
After spending two decades in England, Bill Bryson returns to the U.S., where he decides the best way to connect with his homeland is to hike the Appalachian Trail with one of his oldest friends.
Under Kuwaitkrigen begir en gruppe marinesoldater seg ut i den ubarmhjertige ørkenheten for å utføre et oppdrag som skarpskyttere på jakt etter en fiende de ikke ser i et land de ikke kjenner av en grunn de ikke forstår. Men de er alle stolte soldater født inn i en tradisjon av frivillig verving og de ville aldri komme på tanken å gi opp oppgaven av en så enkel grunn.
Benjamin has lost his wife and, in a bid to start his life over, purchases a large house that has a zoo – welcome news for his daughter, but his son is not happy about it. The zoo is in need of renovation and Benjamin sets about the work with the head keeper and the rest of the staff, but, the zoo soon runs into financial trouble.
A young girl is raised in a dysfunctional family constantly on the run from the FBI. Living in poverty, she comes of age guided by her drunkard, ingenious father who distracts her with magical stories to keep her mind off the family's dire state, and her selfish, nonconformist mother who has no intention of raising a family, along with her younger brother and sister, and her other older sister. Together, they fend for each other as they mature in an unorthodox journey that is their family life.
The origin story of one of Italy's greatest rock stars, Gianna Nannini, who chased her dream despite obstacles from her family and the music industry.
En østerriksk fjellklatrer drar til Himalaya for å lede en ekspedisjon i 1939. Men når 2. verdenskrig bryter ut, blir han krigsfange.
Tom Cruise maler et gripende og sterkt portrett av vietnamveteranen Ron Kovic i Oliver Stones Academy Award-belønte mesterverk. Den kritikerroste filmen er basert på en sann historie, og vi følger den unge Kovic fra å være en tjenestevillig tenåring som melder seg frivillig til Vietnamkrigen, til å bli en bitter krigsveteran som er lammet fra livet og ned. Den svært patriotiske Kovic reiser tilbake til et USA som er svært forskjellig fra det han forlot, og kjemper seg tilbake til livet og menneskeverdet og blir en ny og modig stemme for de desillusjonerte.
Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unknown journey into Alice's Wonderland, where she struggles with the thin line between normal and crazy. Susanna soon realizes how hard it is to get out once she has been committed, and she ultimately has to choose between the world of people who belong inside or the difficult world of reality outside.
A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
Lucy Neal is thrown for a loop when she is accused of being too inhibited by her ex-boyfriend. In an effort to prove him wrong, Lucy creates a rather wild to-do list that sends her on a whirlwind and surprising journey of self-discovery, friendship, and new love.
An urgent phone call pulls a Yale Law student back to his Ohio hometown, where he reflects on three generations of family history and his own future.
Liverpool, 1978: What starts as a vibrant affair between a legendary femme-fatale, the eccentric Academy Award-winning actress Gloria Grahame, and her young lover, British actor Peter Turner, quickly grows into a deeper relationship, with Turner being the person Gloria turns to for comfort.