Osamljena učenjakinja Dr Alithea Binnie med potovanjem v Istanbul odkrije zelo staro steklenico in v njej starodavnega duha po imenu Djinn. Ta ji v zameno za izpustitev iz steklenice ponudi tri želje, kar zanjo pomeni dve težavi. Prvič dvomi, da je resničen in drugič, ker je poznavalka zgodb in mitologije, pozna vse svarilne zgodbe o izpolnjenih željah. Djinn se zagovarja tako, da ji pripoveduje fantastične zgodbe o svoji preteklosti. Na koncu jo prepriča in ona si zaželi tako željo, ki oba preseneti.
Ann, a frustrated wife, enters into counseling due to a troubled marriage. Unbeknownst to her, her husband John has begun an affair with her sister. When John’s best friend Graham arrives, his penchant for interviewing women about their sex lives forever changes John and Ann’s rocky marriage.
During WWII, a teenage boy discovering himself becomes love-stricken by Malèna, a sensual woman living in a small, narrow-minded Italian town.
A passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsessive and ultimately destructive sexual relationship.
In a dysfunctional family where the mother is a heroin addict and prostitute, beaten by her son, and the father is an ex-TV reporter, sleeping with his daughter and filming his son being beaten up, ‘Q’, a complete stranger enters the bizarre family, changing their lives for the better, finding a balance in their disturbing natures.
Po romanu Nikosa Kazantzakisa se v svoji drami mojster režije Martin Scorsese poglablja v um in dušo Jezusa Kristusa ter njegovih notranjih bojev, ki jih doživlja, ko odkrije, da je Božji sin. Ob nominirancih Willemu Dafoeju (Kristus) in Harveyju Keitelu (Juda) je za svojo kontroverzno mojstrovino tudi Scorsese prejel nominacijo za oskarja za režijo. Preroški ali bogokleten? To presodite sami, a vendar studio Vanguard Cinema prinaša najbolj kontroverzen film desetletja. Globoko izpovedni in osebni film je režiserju Martinu Scorseseju prinesel nominacijo za najboljšo režijo leta 1988. Willem Dafoe ("Platoon") je Jezus iz Nazareta, ki se bojuje zoper neizbežno usodo. Igrajo tudi Barbara Hershey, Harvey Keitel in David Bowie.
Two men meet in Barcelona and after spending a day together they realize that they have already met twenty years ago.
A passenger on a cruise ship develops an irresistible infatuation with an eccentric paraplegic's wife.
The life of a respected British politician at the height of his career crumbles when he becomes obsessed with his son's lover.
A masked killer stalks an institution for mentally disturbed rich women.
An epic love story spanning decades is sparked by a chance encounter between two men in provincial Mexico. Based on a true story, ambition and societal pressure propel an aspiring chef to leave his soulmate and make the treacherous journey to New York, where life will never be the same.
Set in colonial French Indochina during the 1930s to 1950s, this is the story of Éliane Devries, a French plantation owner, and of her adopted Vietnamese daughter, Camille, set against the backdrop of the rising Vietnamese nationalist movement.
Pablo, a successful film director, disappointed in his relationship with his young lover, Juan, concentrates in a new project, a monologue starring his transgender sister, Tina. Antonio, an uptight young man, falls possessively in love with the director and in his passion would stop at nothing to obtain the object of his desire.
In the late 1940s, a murderous couple known as the 'The Lonely Hearts Killers' kills close to a dozen people. Two detectives try to nab the duo who find their targets via the personals in the paper.
When stubborn, spotty Kevin and his equally hopeless best friend Perry go on holiday to the party island Ibiza, they see it as their big chance to become superstar club DJs and, more importantly, to lose their virginities. But they aren't prepared for the interference of top DJ Eyeball Paul, not to mention the embarrassment factor of Kevin's long-suffering parents.
When Gabriel and Emilie meet by chance, he offers her a ride, and they spend the evening talking, laughing and getting along famously. At the end of the night, Emilie declines Gabriel's offer of "a kiss without consequences". Emilie admonishes him that the kiss could have unexpected consequences, and tells him a story, unfolding in flashbacks, about the impossibility of indulging your desires without affecting someone else's life.
A traveling art saleswoman tries to shake off a flaky motel manager who falls for her and won't leave her alone.
In the Chatterley country estate, monotonous days follow one after the other for Constance, trapped by her marriage and her sense of duty. During spring, deep in the heart of Wragby forest, she encounters Parkin, the estate’s gamekeeper. A tale of an encounter, a difficult apprenticeship, a slow awakening to sensuality for her, a long return to life for him. Or how love is but one with experience and transformation.
Middle-aged Ohio secretary Jane Hudson has never found love and has nearly resigned herself to spending the rest of her life alone. But before she does, she uses her savings to finance a summer in romantic Venice, where she finally meets the man of her dreams, the elegant Renato Di Rossi.
Vignettes of the lives of several residents of a Vienna suburb during a heat wave.