Jack Friar (Samuel L. Jackson) er en dreven storby-detektiv, der kan lugte ballade på flere kilometers afstand. Men hans indbyggede alarm...

Da en kongresmands datter kidnappes, bliver politimanden Alex Cross mod sin vilje draget ind i sagen. Han er ved at komme sig over sin makkers...

Da en mafiakrig bryder ud i Los Angeles, må tre betjente bilægge deres stridigheder for at afsløre manden bag byens kriminalitet....

Han er byens bedste flugtbilschauffør. Og han jages af byens bedste politimand. Chaufføren kaster sig ud i et nyt lyssky job, mens...

En stille ung kvinde hyrer Marlowe til at finde hendes forsvundne bror. Da to mænd indblandet i sagen blivwe dræbt, og han opdager...

Den kæderygende privatdetektiv Philip Marlowe kører en ven fra Los Angeles til den mexicanske grænse. Da han kommer hjem, er hans...

Agnese has many men who woo her and live with her cousin Cesira, who has the opposite problem with men and wishes she would also have men woo her.

A young sociologist researching criminal women selects a captivating inmate as his subject. As he conducts interviews in prison, her troubled past...

Jérémie, a young man reaching a breaking point on all fronts, decides to leave behind Paris and return to Limosin, to the home of his...

Lorenzo, who's 16 and born to a wealthy family in Parma, tries to make things right toward a showgirl, Aida, whom his older brother has mistreated....

The plot explores the devastation of civilization and issues of brutality, hostility and isolation. Pierre Jolivet stars as the main character...

I Paris stiger filminstruktøren Jean og hans producer og assistent om bord på det transeuropæiske eksprestog. Det slår dem,...

Five short stories with contemporary settings. In New York, people are indifferent to derelicts sleeping on sidewalks, to a woman's assault in front...

A police inspector comes into contact with people of all types and dispositions during a grueling murder investigation.

A lonely Navy sailor falls in love with a Seattle hooker and becomes a surrogate father figure for her son during an extended liberty due to his...

A school girl visits a house to take a koto lesson. She meets her teacher and her son and they seem to be playing "HIDE and SEEK" in the house. Koto...