My drama / crime collection

At the end of WW II, German deserters are tried for desertion by fellow POWs inside a prisoner of war camp for Germans.

During the 1920s, French Foreign Legion Major William Foster's (Gene Hackman's) unit is protecting an archaeological dig, but the discovery of an Arab sacred burial site prompts the angry Arab tribes to attack Foster's small garrison.

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of kindness, intelligence and sophistication.

Meet the jazz musicians, dancers, owner, and guests (like gangster Dutch Schultz) of The Cotton Club in 1928-1930s Harlem.

Two men are framed and sent to jail, where they meet a murderer who helps them escape and leave the state.

An alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his hometown of Albany, New York after returning there for the first time in decades.

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.

Thierry's wife Zandalee married the poet he once was. Taking over his dad's company in New Orleans gives him stress and impotence. Thierry meets his high school buddy Johnny at a bachelor party. The painter Johnny can satisfy Zandalee.

A young man in a small Midwestern town struggles to care for his mentally-disabled younger brother and morbidly obese mother while attempting to pursue his own happiness.

A teenager finds his dreams of becoming a basketball star threatened after he free falls into the harrowing world of drug addiction.

People from all different walks of life, encounter racial tension, rape, responsibility, and the meaning of an education on a university campus.

The seemingly idyllic Simpson family gathers for Thanksgiving, but when a pack of killers shows up, their bickering take a back seat.

Street hustler Mike cooks up a drug rip-off with his estranged half-brother Torch. Simple robbery turns fatal bloodbath, so they hide out in a claustrophobic rat hole waiting for Mike's buddy Tony, who's "out of the life," or so he says.

Alvin Straight, a 73-year-old, learns that his estranged brother, Lyle is critically ill. Unable to drive, Alvin embarks on a journey from Iowa to Mt. Zion, by riding a lawn mower. Will he succeed?

About the rise of a oligarch surrounded by his criminal contacts.

A young man romantically pursues his masochistic piano teacher.

During WWII, acclaimed Polish musician Wladyslaw faces various struggles as he loses contact with his family. As the situation worsens, he hides in the ruins of Warsaw in order to survive.

After two decades in prison for murder, a man is released on parole and returns to his hometown seeking redemption.

A transient young man breaks into empty homes to partake of the vacationing residents' lives for a few days.

Traudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator's final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII.

A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.