When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges Death to a chess match for his life. Tormented by the belief that God does not exist, Block sets off on a journey, meeting up with traveling players Jof and his wife, Mia, and becoming determined to evade Death long enough to commit one redemptive act while he still lives.
William Parrish, media tycoon and loving father, is about to celebrate his 65th birthday. One morning, he is contacted by the inevitable, by hallucination, as he thinks. Later, Death enters his home and his life, personified in human form as Joe Black. His intention was to take William with him, but accidentally, Joe and William's beautiful daughter Susan have already met. Joe begins to develop certain interest in life on Earth, as well as in Susan, who has no clue with whom she's flirting.
Death takes a human form and visits Earth to try to find out why humans want so desperately to cling to life. He unexpectedly falls in love with a beautiful young woman.
Four women, who don't know each other, wake up in a locked basement without any memory of who they are or how they got there. As they slowly remember recent events in their lives they quickly realize that they are all in grave danger. They have to do whatever they can to figure out how to escape before their captors return. However, not everyone is being honest about who they are and what they know
Koshiro Matsudaira lives in Tanjousan Bun in Echigo as a commoner and surrounded by people that love him, including his father Sakubei, who works for the Tanjousan Bun. One day, many officials working for Tanjousan Bun come to Koshiro's house and Sakubei tells his son the shocking truth about his birth. Koshiro learns that he is the son of Daimyo Ikkosai of the Tanjousan Bun. Even more shocking to Koshiro, is that Daimyo Ikkosai has suddenly handed over his feudal lord position to Koshiro and has gone into retirement. Koshiro thinks that he has come across good fortune, but he soon learns that the Tanjousan Bun has a huge debt that needs to be payed off soon.
At his school, Jethro is respected, good at one-on-one combat, and intelligent. Jethro is in the same class as Sara, a Solo girl who is shy, simple, and always wears her hair in a ponytail. Sara's goal in moving to Bogor was to focus on studying to enter medicine. Initially, Jethro didn't pay attention to Sara, who he thought didn't exist enough. Sara secretly liked Jethro, who at that time was dating Lea, a social girl who was the idol of many men. One day, Sara treated Jethro's injured hand, Jethro began to notice Sara's existence and the two of them grew closer.
Algrafi Zayyan Danadyaksa was forced to return from America to Indonesia. The return was greeted by an arranged marriage with Naya, who was masterminded by Eyang Daksa. How will Algra and Naya escape from an arranged marriage?
Raia, a famous writer struggling with writer's block, travels to New York to get inspired. There, she meets River and becomes entangled in a love story haunted by the past.
When Joan’s husband dies, she is shocked to discover he had invented an elixir which makes the drinker look young again. Sharing it with her two friends, the three women paint the town red but soon discover that they are no longer equipped to be young in the modern world.
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.
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.
With his bronco-busting career on its last legs, Junior Bonner heads to his hometown to try his luck in the annual rodeo. But his fond childhood memories are shattered when he finds his family torn apart by his greedy brother and hard-drinking father.
In turn-of-the-century Mississippi, an 11-year-old boy comes of age as two mischievous adult friends talk him into sneaking the family car out for a trip to Memphis and a series of adventures.
A true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing massacre in 1937-38.
Between Hamburg and Haiti
It Happened in Broad Daylight
Six Californians start a club to discuss the works of Jane Austen. As they delve into Austen's literature, the club members find themselves dealing with life experiences that parallel the themes of the books they are reading.