Nakon što je tijekom rata izgubio majku, mladi Mahito odlazi na obiteljsko imanje na selu. Tamo ga niz tajanstvenih događaja vodi do osamljene i drevne kule u kojoj živi nestašna siva čaplja. Kad Mahitova nova maćeha nestane, on slijedi sivu čaplju i kreće na epsko putovanje sa čapljom kao vodičem. Mahito mora otkriti tajne ovoga svijeta i istinu o sebi.
Nakon niza knjiga koje su doživjele neuspjeh, Charles Dickens odlučuje napisati i samostalno izdati novelu 'A Christmas Carol'.
Ti, stvarno siromašni građevinski radnik koji se bori da zadrži svog sina, Dickyja, u privatnoj školi, zamijeni kuglu koju pronađe na otpadu za igračku koja se pokaže mnogo, mnogo više kada se dječak počne igrati s njom.
Istinita priča o kapetanu Richardu Phillipsu i somalijskim gusarima koji su 2009. godine oteli brod „Maersk Alabama“, prvi američki teretnjak otet u zadnjih 200 godina.
Tonya Harding, klizačica koja se penje visoko na američkim turnirima umjetničkog klizanja, upadne u probleme kada joj se u život vrati bivši muž. Dok se zahuktavaju pripreme za nacionalno natjecanje, Tonya i njezin muž odluče se na podao način rješiti Tonyine najveće suparnice, Nancy Kerrigan.
Trinaestogodišnji Sam Cleary sumnja da je njegov misteriozni povučeni susjed gospodin Smith zapravo legendarni samaritanski osvetnik, koji je navodno umro prije 20 godina. S porastom kriminala i gradom na rubu kaosa, Sam sebi daje za zadatak uvjeriti svog susjeda da se prestane skrivati kako bi spasio grad od propasti.
Čudovište je istinita priča o prostitutki Aileen Wuornos, koja je ubila sedmero ljudi tijekom 1989. Od malena seksualno zlostavljana, neobrazovana, jedini izvor prihoda našla je u prostitucija s kojom se počela baviti već kao dijete s 9 godina. Kada upozna Selby u koju se zaljubi i s kojom započne vezu, Aileen odluči krenuti drugim putem te započne bezuspješnu potragu za poslom. Na Selbyn nagovor Aileen se ponovno upusti u prostituciju no mučno silovanje koje doživi u njoj potakne jednu drugu stranu.
Cabirija je prostitutka zlatnog srca, otvorena, naivna poput djeteta. Kada je snađu nevolje, ona ih podnosi sa smiješkom, i dalje vjerujući da je život divan... Kao u svom ranijem remek-djelu, "Ulici" (La Strada), Fellini i u ovom filmu stvara priču o dobroj, nevinoj ženi u hladnom i zlom svijetu. Glavnu ulogu igra njegova žena, Giulietta Massina. Fellinijeve "Cabirijine noći" nagrađene su 1957. Oscarom, kao najbolji neamerički film te godine.
Hiyori Iki is a normal middle school student until she was involved in a bus accident while trying to protect a stranger. This incident causes her soul to frequently slip out of her body, and she becomes aware of the existence of two parallel worlds. Through her soul, she meets the strange, nameless god without a shrine, Yato. Yato is determined to make a name for himself out there by accepting any wishes for 5 yen, including Hiyori's to fix her body.
A samurai lord has bartered away his newborn son's organs to forty-eight demons in exchange for dominance on the battlefield. Yet, the abandoned infant survives thanks to a medicine man who equips him with primitive prosthetics—lethal ones with which the wronged son will use to hunt down the multitude of demons to reclaim his body one piece at a time, before confronting his father. On his journeys the young hero encounters an orphan who claims to be the greatest thief in Japan.
Two seasoned drug dealers return to the gritty street of London, but their pursuit of money and power is threatened by a young and ruthless hustler.
France, 1815. Jean Valjean, a common thief, is released from prison after having lived a hell in life for 19 years, but a small mistake puts the law again on his trail. Ruthless Inspector Javert pursues him thorough years, driven by a twisted sense of justice, while Valjean reforms himself, thrives and dedicates his life to good deeds. In 1832, while the revolution ravages the streets of Paris, Valjean and Javert cross their paths for the last time.
After fleeing an abusive relationship, a young mother finds a job cleaning houses as she fights to provide for her child and build them a better future.
A young man gets entangled in a kidnap-for-ransom situation. He offers the kidnappers all his hard-earned money to save the victim, believing that her wealthy Filipino-Chinese family could easily repay him, or so he thought.
In a story of two men switched at birth, noble-born Chun Doong lives as a slave and becomes a heroic outlaw, while beggar-born Gwi Dong lives as a nobleman and police chief; then each falls in love with the same girl, Dong Nyeo.
Maria is an orphan girl who suffers from her stepmother's wickedness. She then decides to escape in search of the fringes of the sea and takes a long walk through Brazilian folk tales. On her journey, she meets several fantastic characters.
Orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.
In a world inhabited by people only a few inches tall, young women Hakumei and Mikochi live together in a house built into a tree. Hakumei is an energetic and tomboyish carpenter, while Mikochi is a feminine and calm tailor. Despite their differences, they get along well and spend their days having fun living their lives in the woods. The two of them spend their time working, going on sightseeing adventures, and taking shopping trips into Tsumiki Marketplace by the ocean. They make many friends along the way, be they sentient woodland creatures like Iwashi the Weasel or fellow miniature people such as the songstress Konju and the inventor Sen. This is a relaxing look into the day-to-day lives of its titular characters as they explore and interact with their tiny world which seems to be straight out of a fairy tale.
A crime suspense drama that follows four female college students who live in the same dormitory. After discovering one of their friends has fallen unexpectedly pregnant, and that the man who impregnated her is treating her badly, they hatch a plan to steal 1 million yen out of revenge.
The Oblongs are not so much dysfunctional as slightly nonfunctional. Living next to a polluted swamp has left them with the occasional missing limb or mysterious growth, but through it all, this close-knit family sticks together.Sometimes literally.
Plague decimates late 16th century Seville, a crowded city where many have arrived to embark for the New World to seek their fortune.
A loving heart trapped beneath an ugly facade, ignored and unappreciated by those who fail to see beyond what is skin-deep. She is a woman whose only desire is to feel a little affection from the world that has deprived her of everything she has always longed for.
Ichiko unwittingly absorbs happiness energy from everyone around her. It’s up to the poverty god Momiji to end Ichiko’s positivity consumption and restore the world’s balance.
The story of Tess Durbeyfield, a low-born country girl whose family find they have noble connections.
When the Boat Comes In is a British television period drama produced by the BBC between 8 January 1976 and 21 April 1981. Taking place between 1919 to 1937, Jack Ford is a First World War veteran who returns to his poverty-stricken (fictional) town of Gallowshield in the North East of England. It dramatises the interwar political struggles of the 1920s and 1930s, and explores the impact of national and international politics upon Ford and those around him.
Mayuko Chigasaki is an ordinary girl from the countryside, who now is attending university in big city Tokyo. She struggles each day to make ends meet while studying for her exams, barely scraping up the yen to afford bus fare to and from school. And at the end of the day, she comes home to a gluttonous, freeloading alien living in her closet!
