Katniss har tilintetgjort de blodige Hunger Games og er blevet reddet af oprørerne. Nu kommer hun til sig selv i det eneste distrikt, hvor oprørerne har magten. Hun er blevet selve symbolet på opstanden mod det grusomme, magtfulde styre, og sammen med oprørerne kaster hun sig ud i en desperat kamp for at redde Peeta og vælte præsident Snow.
Henry Higgins er en snobbet sprogprofessor og Eliza Doolittle en forhutlet og beskidt blomstersælger med cockney accent. De mødes tilfældigt på gaden, og Higgins indgår et væddemål med sin kollega om, at han på seks måneder kan forvandle gadetøsen til en rigtig dame.
I den søvnige sydstatsby Gatlin bor 16-årige Ethan, som er begyndt at se den samme, fremmede pige for sig i sine drømme. På hans første dag i 2.g står pigen, Alice, pludselig foran ham i kød og blod. Det viser sig, at Alice har knyttet et psykisk bånd til Ethan. Alice er nemlig heks, en såkaldt 'caster', og skæbnebestemt til at blive udvalgt af enten lysets eller mørkets side på sin 16-års fødselsdag.
Mel Brooks er den griske milliardær Goddard Bolt, der vil jævne en fattig bydel i L.A. med jorden for at bygge et moderne butikscenter. Desværre ejer hans rival Vance Crasswell (Jeffrey Tambor) en del af området, og de to indgår et væddemål. Kan Coddard klare at leve en måned som hjemløs i kvarteret, så får han Vance's del. Kan han ikke klare det, så løber rivalen af med området.
Michael Moore sporer verdensøkonomiens kollaps tilbage til Ronald Reagan, der i 1980'erne lukkede investeringsselskaberne ind i Det Hvide Hus. Lige siden er amerikanerne blevet hjernevasket til at tro, at kapitalismen er et mirakel, selv om den reelt er en synd, mener Moore. For at vise, hvordan banker og børser har spillet hasard med skatteydernes midler, præsenterer han en række casestudier i 'dårlig kapitalisme'.
Penthesilea, the first of six films made by Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen, traverses thousands of years to look at the image of the Amazonian woman in myth. It asks, among other questions, is the Amazonian woman a rare strong female image or is she a figure derived from male phantasy? The film explores the complexities of such questions, but does not seek any concrete answers.
A theatrical star, born on the wrong side of the tracks, marries a drunken blue-blood millionaire.
Terrified by urban violence, a middle-class family in Rio de Janeiro mistakes a black office boy as a burglar when the he was sent to pick up a wedding dress for urgent adjustment.
Graying Spaniard Daniel has a healthy budget for indulging in the finer things in life. Daniel's favorite luxury is playing sponsor to younger men amid the lights and sights of Madrid's gay club scene. After Daniel shares a night with handsome Bulgarian emigre Kyril, he finds himself consumed with an insatiable lust for the charismatic foreigner. But, as their relationship takes shape, Daniel's latest conquest reveals his own manipulative tendencies.
David gives his wife, Joyce, an unexpected—and unpleasant—surprise when he suddenly demands a divorce. When she then learns that David has taken up with a younger woman, Joyce decides to make the most of this separation by taking a solo trip to the Caribbean. However, just before diving into a vacation fling, she runs into Emily, an old chum whose own divorce has left her embittered. Joyce then debates giving married life one last chance.
In this fluffy romance, a young woman fights against the narrow-minded residents of her small town. The trouble begins when a young woman flees her boarding school to stay with her retired aunt, a former actress, who try as she might, has never been welcomed into the snobbish community in which she resides. The young woman too, is shunned and ends up being victimized in witchcraft trial and ducked into a pool of water.
Ralph Rackstraw, a poor seaman, is in love with the captain's daughter, Josephine. But how can he ask her to marry him when she is of a higher social class?
A small town in rural India gets to witness a confrontation between two fathers - one a rich, powerful, influential, and cruel Zamindar Thakur Avadh Narayan Singh - who wants the man who filed a police complaint against his two sons to be killed immediately. And the other is Rudra, a poor laborer employed by Avadh, who wants justice when he finds out that his nine year old daughter, Durga, has been beaten and brutally raped by Avadh's sons, Bachhu, and Bhola. Amidst this background we have a corrupt doctor, who is willing to change his medical report after he is bribed appropriately; and a Police Inspector, Ramnarayan Bhardwaj, who is willing to drop any charges against Avadh's sons provided he gets his "dues" from the Thakur.
Anson Page, a lawyer with Southern roots leaves New York, his wife and his kids for Georgia. His assignment is to investigate the case of Garvin Wales, a famous writer, now nearly blind and embittered, whose royalties have apparently never reached him. Back in his native South, Page finds himself immediately exposed to what he had fled : racial and class prejudices. But he also meets his former love, Dinah, now married to go-getter uncouth businessman Mickey Higgins. Will he find out whatever happened to 2,000 dollars in rights Wales did not cash? Will Dinah and Anson renew their love story?