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- The Devil, in the guise of a human, meets a young couple who remark upon looking at a Renaissance painting of a martyr that Evil could never triumph over Good. The Devil, taking this as a challenge, decides to bring about the couple's downfall.
- The Devil, in the guise of a human, meets a young couple who remark upon looking at a Renaissance painting of a martyr that Evil could never triumph over Good. The Devil, taking this as a challenge, decides to bring about the couple's downfall.
- Mary Boyne, who made shirts at four dollars a week, had no place for love in her life - only despair and hate for the son of the man who had plunged her family into deepest distress. Peter Kenwitz loved Mary, but because he was a mathematician and a pessimist by trade, his love was as hopeless as her chance for happiness. Dan Kinsolving was the son of the man who ruined Mary's family. He loved Mary and gloried in her hatred for him. He set about moving the problem of turning her hate into love. He let X represent The UNKNOWN QUANTITY in life's greatest problem. Did he win?
- Robert Fisher Clarke, a dreamer and engineering genius, on his way to Chicago, astonishes the Pullman porter by leaving the train at a small way station on the Sault Ste. Marie rapids. Clarke has seen a wonderful vision of a model industrial town situated on the banks of the river, utilizing the harnessed power of the great rapids. After he has succeeded in gaining backing for his project, a conflict between certain financiers so hampers the completion of his plans that he decides to bid farewell to the rapids. Before going, he proposes marriage to Elsie Worden, but when Jim Belding, a young engineer in his employ, meets with an accident in the river, Elsie suddenly awakens to the fact that it is Jim she loves and not Clarke. Clarke accepts his fate and takes with him little Sue, a child he has rescued from the rapids.
- Paul loves Margaret but she has her eyes on Graziano, a night-club owner. Desperate to prove himself to Margaret, Paul begins planning an elaborate robbery. With the assistance of a corrupt prison officer he gets himself arrested, knowing he can come and go from the jail as he pleases, thus providing him with the perfect alibi. The robbery is a success but the prison guard changes his mind and decides he now wants all of the haul for himself, so he shoots Paul, fatally wounding him but, just before he dies, Paul fires one last round and kills the prison guard.
- Adriano Prosperi, a bank teller working in Milan, has spent years planning to steal a large sum of money and then disappear without leaving any trace of his existence. In collaboration with Giulia, his lover, he kills her husband who bears a striking resemblance to him, carries out the robbery and then burns his car with the dead husband's body inside, making everyone believe a non-existent accomplice killed him and then escaped to Switzerland. Tilde, Adriano's wife has been living separately to him for these three years and who is in a relationship with the manager of the company he robbed, isn't totally convinced, and doesn't hesitate to identify the remains of the man 'burnt in the car' as her husband. Everything seems to be going well for everyone who is directly or indirectly interested in the case, when a foolish mistake, committed by Adriano in his preparation and execution of the robbery, leads the police investigation to identify those actually responsible.
- A heavy smoker finds different ways to smoke all the time: while sleeping, in the shower, while shaving. People around the protagonist smoke too. His wife is the only exception. She talks about his health, wallet, and smell.
- It is hoped that films such as this one, may one day be made available to ALL those who are about to embark upon marriage, or those already married and struggling under the unfair burdens of inadequate sexual understanding. The only thing that stands between you and complete sexual fulfillment, are the barriers of ignorance . . . The fences of prejudice that society has put up. The mere fact that you, as a consenting adult, will be allowed to view this motion picture. . . is proof that these fences are slowly but surely coming down. The Marriage Manual brings to the screen in vivid and intimate detail.
- A serial killer is on the loose. And the victims have one thing in common - they are all in the care of the same psychiatrist. Who could be the mysterious killer?
- A good man has built a house, planted an apple tree, poured himself a beer. A neighbour, with a larger house, appears in the neighbourhood. Each of them continued to build additional floors in their houses, until both buildings collapsed.
- The mother is looking for the kidnapped children whom Baba Yaga has turned into fallow deer. The last work of director Aleksandr Rou.
- In Turkey, the son of a rich manager is kidnapped. This boy finds a friend in one of the kidnapper when the adventures evolve.
- Aldo is an introverted boy who loves photography and exploring caves. An earthquake strikes while he is exploring a cave, probably caused by an atomic explosion. Reaching the surface, Aldo discovers that radioactivity has destroyed any trace of human life.
- A dramatized history of the life of Bishop Neumann. It depicts his work with the large ethnic community in the northeast. Bishop Neumann, who visited prisons and traveled throughout Pennsylvania consoling the poor and sick, was deeply involved in Constitutional rights and the founder of the parochial school system in the U.S.
- The misadventures of a young couple, Rodolfo and Patrizia, as they set off on a car journey to their coastal home during a summer vacation. Unfortunately, Patrizia is losing faith in their marriage and attracts the attentions of Tony, the leader of a gang of delinquents who has been trying to seduce her for some time. Very soon they find themselves persecuted by Tony and his gang of misfits as they desperately try to reach their destination.
- Drillers on an oil rig near Antarctica discover that they have accidentally brought up several prehistoric eggs. One egg hatches and becomes an unstoppable creature. Chad Everett and Jennifer Warren risk their lives to stop it.
- Tom Sharky is demoted to vice after a bust goes terribly wrong. He and his team stumble across a mob murder tied to prostitution and government.
- A former New York City cop relocates to rural Colorado, where he teams with a sheriff investigating a series of bizarre cattle mutilations occurring in the region.
- The film opens in Princeton University, 1968, where Matt Caulfield and his friends are watching television. There, they witness President Lyndon B. Johnson inform us of his plans not to rerun in the upcoming election. Upon hearing of his plans, Matt and the rest of the students celebrate by smoking marijuana. An uncool student from next door is disturbed by the boys' racket, and upon being pelted with junk food by the boys for telling them to be quiet, he calls the police. Within minutes, Matt and his roommates are caught smoking, and are banned from college campus. Matt returns home to his family, where he is faced with various issues before being shipped off to Vietnam. Source: Wikipedia (no source cited).. please someone update this!!.
- Broadcast to more than 80 countries and viewed by more than one billion people, this global special features original music videos by renowned artists from around the world. Coupled with mini-documentaries and messages from world leaders and futurist authors, it creates an energetic video celebration of the birth of the five billionth person on earth. Co-produced with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Participating in the film were President Oscar Arias, Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland, President Soeharto, Premier Zhao Zi Yang, Crowded House, Peter Gabriel, Jimmy Cliff, Stevie Wonder, the Neville Brothers, Allen Toussaint, Clarence Clemons, Dr. John, Nona Hendryx, Youssou N'dour, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Kurt Vonnegut and many others.
- A high school girl, Izumi Gojo, who has been found guilty of murder, falls into the sea and disappears when running away from the police. However, a mysterious group rescues her and had her undertake training to transform her into an assassin. Years later, Izumi seeks to escape the group.
- CRUSADES was the first of the six TIMELINE 'history as news' episodes to be shown by PBS in 1989, focusing on the conquest of the Crusader kingdom of Jerusalem by Sultan Saladin, and giving the back story of the Crusades up to that point. Reporters Owen of Canarfon (Robert Bathurst), Siboletto of Zimbabwe (Fran Dorn), Louis de Jaen (Inaqui Aierra) and Selim Karasi (Engin Cezzar) report from both sides of the conflict, moderated by anchorman Steve Bell (himself). Later episodes were THE BLACK DEATH, THE VIKINGS, THE MONGOLS, THE FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE and GRANADA. The series was filmed in the Isle of Mann (UK), Turkey and Spain.
- THE MONGOLS was the fifth of the six TIMELINE 'history as news' episodes to be shown by PBS in 1989, focusing on the threat that the Mongols would invade Western Europe in 1247AD after overrunning much of Asia and creating one of the greatest empires ever to exist, stretching from China through Russia to the borders of Europe itself. Although Genghis Khan is now dead, his successors are continuing to expand the empire as European leaders struggle to understand this deadly threat from the east. Reporters Owen of Canarfon (Robert Bathurst), Siboletto of Zimbabwe (Fran Dorn), Louis de Jaen (Inaqui Aierra) and Selim Karasi (Engin Cezzar) report from both sides of the conflict, moderated by anchorman Steve Bell who explains the secrets of Mongol military success. The final episode was GRANADA and THE MONGOLS was filmed in the Isle of Mann (UK), Turkey and Spain like the rest of the TIMELINE series.
- Jonathan Raven is a ninja, former member of the Black Dragons clan and also a former Special Forces agent. Living in Hawaii, helping those in trouble and searching for his long-lost son, while avoiding assassins sent to kill him.
- Hercule wishes to be recognized at last as the star that he always was. He does not accept that Pif, this fleabag, can delight stardom. He decides, therefore, on an impulse, to change his life and retire to a deserted island- or the nearest thing: to relate his career and write his own film. In a paradise-like setting, Hercule recounts the biggest roles of his career. Pif isn't absent from his memories, but Hercule still considers him to be a fifth wheel... However, this, in reality, is not exactly the case...
- Captain Arjun is a pilot, who works on Indian airlines but only flies government planes, after a Union Minister calls him and tells him that his daughter who has gone on a tour to the Pakistani with her friends has been kidnapped by terrorists. The Minister asks him to bring his daughter back home again and so the mission begins.
- Dr. Geiger clashes with the hospital's executive committee after he performs an experimental procedure on a deceased patient. Dr. Shutt takes on a hapless HMO representative who insists that a less experienced, (and less expensive) surgeon perform a complex operation.
- A 12-year-old girl arrives for surgery to correct a severely cleft palate and suffers serious complications from another birth defect. A young nurse interferes in Dr. Shutt's care for the comatose Dr. Antonovich.
- Tuesday Morning Ride was based on the short story "A Summer Tragedy", by Arna Bontemps, a Harlem Renaissance writer. Set in the 1930s, the story depicts an old man and woman who feel they have nothing to live for, since their children do not visit. They are so depressed that they eventually take themselves over a cliff. Houston's portrayal of the characters is different. The elderly couple wake up on a Tuesday morning and finish preparing for their last few hours in their home before they have to move into an old people's home. The couple has everything to live for, but lack a society to do it in.
- On Christmas Eve, Grandpa Billy tells his granddaughter a beautiful Christmas love story of how he courted Grandma Elizabeth. In order to prove his everlasting love to Elizabeth, the young Billy had to accomplish a different task each day during the twelve days of Christmas.
- In Zone Raiders, the protagonist is a freelance Raider who ventures into the dangerous Free Zone using hovercars, where rare and expensive items can be scavenged.
- A man in clown suit takes Phil, Will, and Carlton hostage at the courthouse.
- It is one of the most famous names in railroading, but the story of the Wabash line is much more than the tale of one fast train. The Wabash was built and broken by John Jay Gould, one of the most notorious Wall Street traders of the 19th century. Gould dreamed of creating a transcontinental rail empire, but poor decisions and bad luck denied him his vision. THE WABASH CANNONBALL tells the complete tale behind one of the most storied and famous railroads in America. Discover how, when the depression of 1884 forced Gould to put the Wabash into receivership, he actually convinced the government to give it back to him! See extensive footage from the glory days of steam, when the Wabash's habit of running their luxurious passenger trains and fast freights at breakneck speeds led to the "Cannonball" nickname. But it would be decades before the Wabash officially adopted the moniker, and by then, the seeds of its demise had already been sown. Climb aboard for a high-speed run through the history of a railroading legend, and revisit the glorious days when steam was king!
- In Froglight, poetic voice-over narration is woven with images and sounds from the natural landscape to engage viewers' imaginations. As a result of allowing elements to come magically together in the creative process, the film has an intangible sensibility that echoes the experience of trying to trust in something that cannot be seen or touched.
- With its four operas, seventeen-hour running time and months of rehearsal, Wagner's "Ring Cycle" is a daunting undertaking for any opera company. Jon Else goes backstage to show this rare event entirely from the point of view of union stagehands at the San Francisco Opera.
- Graham Kerr is back to tantalize everyone's taste buds with an exciting cutting edge series.
- Through choreography and performance by Susanna Hood, and editing and effects in exposure caused by hand-processing, The Light in Our Lizard Bellies reflects the intensities that discombobulate us as we go through change and face parts of ourselves previously denied or unknown.
- Yeh hui na mardon wali baat or Now that's more like a man is the Pakistani contribution to a South Asian film project. It has taken a rather peculiar angle to look into the issue of masculinity. Though it's a film about men, there aren't any in it. The film looks at the issue through the eyes of women! The film is a juxtaposing of a series of interview clips of women from different backgrounds. The only common bond among them is that they all hail from Lahore. As these women talk about men in their capacities as brothers, husbands, fathers, lovers etc, a sort of profile of an ideal man emerges. What does the society these women come from, expect of a man?
- Benjamin torments lovesickness. His girlfriend has broken off with him, but also has still slept with his best friend. Between fury and desperation Benjamin looks for a way out. We proceed with Benjamin on a trip in his feeling world and dream image. There he finds the putative solution...
- At a wake one night in 1945, a group of aged women recall the life of one of their number. Sixty years before, Thérèse was barely 20 years old when she eloped with her boyfriend, Firmin, a blacksmith, to Châtillon, a town in Provence. Here, she makes the acquaintance of the wealthy Madame Numance, who is known for her good deeds. Realising that Thérèse is pregnant and unemployed, Madame Numance insists that she moves into a house on her estate. Whilst Firmin resents the arrangement, Thérèse soon finds that she can exploit the situation, using her benefactor's naivety and generosity for her own gain..
- With a heavy infatuation with modern cinema, Jon Andrews and friends, Scott and Randy, devise a plot to film a horrific event in a bad part of town and enter it into a local film festival disguised as a film they wrote, directed, and produced. After an unfortunate set of events, Jon unleashes his manipulative violent nature and as a result jeopardizes Randy and Scott's friendship. This psychological urban drama dares to illustrate the fine line between passion and perversion through a showcase of the pleasures and dangers of one's will to succeed, no matter what the cost.
- Duke fights his way across New York city's towering skyscrapers and through its gritty subway stations on the hunt for power-hungry villain, Mech Morphix.
- Amerika, Zed and Kyle are good friends until the excitingly undermedicated bitch goddess Trasha enters the frame, cutting Kyle off from his friends and their vacuous and unencumbered world of beer and porn. Amerika and Zed aim to free their friend from the clutches of his nutburger girlfriend by enlisting the aid of the Sappho Carpet Cleaners for some wet work. The plan goes awry when Trasha and her psychosis find themselves a paying gig and tables are turned, trashed and burned.
- Things get a little crazy when an obsessed fan, who has been rejected during the audition process numerous times, kidnaps the cast and brings them to a new house. Here, he films them, using highly sophisticated camera equipment that is wired to explosives, just in case the cast doesn't play along.
- But you know where you are...
- A nice girl with dreams of becoming a singer finds herself threatened by the corruption of show business.
- Caesar Augustus tells of how he became the emperor to his reluctant daughter, Julia following the death of her husband Agrippa.
- After altering the flow of history, Raziel and Kain are forced to work together to restore the true flow of time to Nosgoth.
- Curitiba, Brazil is remarkable for urban planning innovations. This documentary, presented in 5 segments, looks at the management of city waste, the planning of urban parks, an integrated transportation system, a practical support scheme for low income workers and the establishment of a vibrant city mall.
- The Queen of adult entertainment, actress and star Jenna Jameson invites Playboy on an exclusive weekend trip to her home in Scottsdale, Arizona. Jenna's 6,700 sq-foot Spanish style mansion becomes the backdrop for photo shoots and hot sex scenes of sultry porn stars like like Briana Banks and Gina Lynn. That night Club Jenna takes over the hottest club in town and lets hundreds of fans go wild. For the after-party, Jenna throws an outrageous pool party complete with, you guessed it - lots of beer, babes, boobs and the hottest bikini contest judged by Gina Lynn, Jill Kelly, Briana Banks and Jenna herself!