After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine.
Sakslaste tungimisega Poolasse algab poola-juudi klaverimängija Wladyslaw Szpilmanni jaoks kannatuste periood. Warssavi geto surmalõksu vangistatult pääseb ta napilt küüditamisest vältimatusse hukatusse ja peidab end linna varemetes. Üksinda, võideldes päev-päevalt ellujäämise nimel, rändab ta inimtühjas linnas. Selles meeleheites pakub talle lohutust tema muusika. Kuid siis võtab just nimelt üks saksa ohvitser enda peale riski ja otsustab juudi päritolu muusikut varjata.
On 15 January 2009, the world witnessed the 'Miracle on the Hudson' when Captain 'Sully' Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 souls aboard. However, even as Sully was being heralded by the public and the media for his unprecedented feat of aviation skill, an investigation was unfolding that threatened to destroy his reputation and career.
Tõsielul põhinev hämmastav lugu ühe mehe võitlusest ellujäämise ja vabaduse nimel. Ameerika Ühendriikides, kus pole veel kodusõda alanud, elab Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor) vaba mehena New Yorgis, aga siis ta röövitakse ja müüakse orjaks. Solomon puutub kokku julmusega (mille kehastus on kuritahtlik orjapidaja, kelle rollis astub üles Michael Fassbender) ja ka ootamatu headusega ning tal on raskusi elus püsimisega ja väärikuse säilitamisega. Unustamatu odüsseia 12. aastal kohtub Solomon juhuslikult Kanada abolitsionistiga (Brad Pitt) ning see kohtumine muudab ta elu igaveseks.
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.
Kui teismeline Priscilla Beaulieu (Cailee Spaeny) esimest korda Elvis Presleyt (Jacob Elordi) kohtab, saab rock’n’rolli superstaarist talle korraga nii lähedane parim sõber, erutav armastatu kui täiuslik liitlane range sõjaväelasest isa kodust pääsemiseks. See on Priscilla lugu rokikuningas Elvise kõrvalt välja kasvamisest koos kõigi pahede ja hüvedega, mis sellega kaasnesid.
Erakordne lugu tänapäeva tõenäoliselt tuntuimast ja tunnustatuimast teadlasest Stephen Hawkingist (Eddie Redmayne), kes armub jäägitult Cambridge'i ülikooli kaastudengisse Jane Wilde’i (Felicity Jones). 21-aastase tervisest pakatava ja aktiivse noore mehe plaanid purunevad kildudeks, kui talle pannakse hirmuäratav diagnoos. Hawkingil avastatud motoorne närvihaigus viib noorelt teadlaselt peagi nii liikumis- kui kõnevõime ning seab lähiperspektiivis küsimärgi alla ka elu. Abikaasa Jane'i vankumatul toel ja julgustusel paneb Hawking aga just nüüd aluse oma kõige ambitsioonikamale teadustööle, uurides seda, mida tal endal kõige enam napib - aega. Koos saatust trotsides on nad teerajajaiks uutes teaduse ja meditsiini valdkondades, saavutades rohkem, kui nad eales oleksid osanud unistada.
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.
Fresh out of rehab, Rona returns to the Orkney Islands—a place both wild and beautiful, right off the Scottish coast. Now 29 and after more than a decade of living life on the edge in London, where she both found and lost love, Rona attempts to come to terms with her troubled past. As she reconnects with the dramatic landscape where she grew up, memories of her traumatic childhood merge with more recent challenging events that have set her on the path to recovery.
Middle-aged Gerald Kingsland advertises in a London paper for a female companion to spend a year with him on a desert island. The young Lucy Irving takes a chance on contacting him and after a couple of meetings they decide to go ahead. Once on the island things prove a lot less idyllic than in the movies, and gradually it becomes clear that it is Lucy who has the desire and the strength to try and see the year through.
In 1976, as Argentina descends into violence and chaos, a world-weary English teacher regains his compassion for others thanks to an unlikely friendship with a penguin.
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.
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 man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
Tragedy strikes when a woman named Joyce's son falls through the ice on a frozen lake and is trapped underwater for over 15 minutes. After being rushed to the hospital, the 14-year-old boy continues to fight for his life as Joyce, her husband and their pastor stay by his bedside and pray for a miracle.
Colorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip Zimmerman, his Jewish colleague, run an undercover operation to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan.
A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
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.
Former Marine Louanne Johnson lands a gig teaching in a pilot program for bright but underachieving teens at a notorious inner-city high school. After having a terrible first day, she decides she must throw decorum to the wind. When Johnson returns to the classroom, she does so armed with a no-nonsense attitude informed by her military training and a fearless determination to better the lives of her students -- no matter what the cost.
A dweeby, mild-mannered man comes to the aid of a drunk young woman on a subway platform. Little does he know how much trouble he’s in for.