Resnična biografska zgodba o temnopoltem Solomonu, ki sredi 19. stoletja v New Yorku svobodno dela in srečno živi z družino. Zlobna dvoličneža mu ponudita delo, vendar ga ugrabita in na jugu ZDA prodata v suženjstvo. Med mukotrpnim delom na bombažnih poljih zamenja več lastnikov, dokler ne pristane pri sadističnem Edwinu, ki uživa v zlorabljanju sužnjev. Solomon kljub vsem krivicam ne obupa in išče način, kako bi se vrnil k svoji družini. Film je prejel Zlati Globus za najboljšo dramo.
The Theory of Everything is the extraordinary story of one of the world’s greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde.
Leto 1959. Priscilla Beaulieu ima štirinajst let in z družino živi v Wiesbadnu v Nemčiji. Nekega dne prejme povabilo na zabavo Elvisa Presleyja, ki v bližini služi vojaški rok. Med glasbenim zvezdnikom in prikupnim dekletom hitro preskočijo iskrice. Elvis jo na nezadovoljstvo njenih staršev želi videti vsakič znova. Stran od oči javnosti se med njima razvije več kot zgolj ljubezen. Elvis Priscilli zaupa vse svoje strahove in upe, pa čeprav se mora zaradi končanja vojaščine kmalu vrniti v ZDA. Priscilli obljubi, da ji bo ostal zvest in da jo bo kljub njeni mladoletnosti poskušal spraviti v svoj Graceland.
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.
Film prikazuje otroštvo in odraščanje Zlatana Ibrahimovića v neizprosni švedski četrti. Otrok priseljencev se je zatekel k nogometu, v katerem je uresničil svojo nadarjenost in samozavest, ki sta ga izstrelili med zvezde. Igral je za Ajax, Juventus, Inter, Milan, PSG in Manchester United. Podroben prikaz njegovega življenje in vez z Rosengårdom, četrtjo v Malmöju, ki bo zanj vedno dom.
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.
Jarhead is a film about a US Marine Anthony Swofford’s experience in the Gulf War. After putting up with an arduous boot camp, Swofford and his unit are sent to the Persian Gulf where they are eager to fight, but are forced to stay back from the action. Swofford struggles with the possibility of his girlfriend cheating on him, and as his mental state deteriorates, his desire to kill increases.
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.
Izvorna zgodba ene največjih italijanskih rock zvezd, Gianne Nannini, ki je svoje sanje lovila kljub oviram svoje družine in glasbene industrije.
Heinrich Harrer je s kolegom Petrom Aufschnaiterjem in skupino nemških alpinistov želel splezati na enega najvišjih vrhov, Nanga Parbat. Toda zaradi plazov in poškodb jim ne uspe osvojiti vrha. V tem času se začne 2. svetovna vojna, zato jih aretirajo angleški vojaki in jih kot vojne ujetnike zaprejo v indijske zapore. Po številnih neuspešnih poskusih pobega Harrerju in Petru končno uspe pobegniti. Dve leti traja, da prideta v Tibet, kjer naposled najdeta mir ter spoznata enajstletnega dalajlamo. Še posebej Harrer se s tibetanskim duhovnim vodjo zelo zbliža.
Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
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.