Because I could not stop for Death, he kindly stopped for me; the carriage held but just ourselves and immortality” – Emily Dickinson　　If Death took a holiday, the guns would go silent in Iraq, the slaughter on our nation’s highways would cease, and the news media would be compelled to cover positive events in the humanities, arts, and sciences. Unfortunately, Death has not had a vacation in recorded history, but Mitchell Leisen’s 1934 fantasy, Death Takes a Holiday, allows us to consider the possibility. Co-written by Maxwell Anderson and Gladys Lehman and based on the play "La Morte in Vacanza" by Alberto Casella, Death Takes a Holiday stars Frederic March as the Grim Reaper who takes on human form in an attempt to discover why men fear him so much. Why he has waited 5,000 years to satisfy this curiosity is not explained.　　[Spoiler] After a brief tryout as a shadowy figure who scares the daylights out of those that cross his path, Death shows up at, of all places, an upscale party at an Italian villa, posing as the mysterious Prince Sirki. Only one person knows who he really is, the host Duke Lambert (Guy Standing), and he is sworn to secrecy. Sirki proceeds to fascinate the guests. Given to bursts of wit and poetry, he can just as quickly turn sullen and threatening, and some soon find out that it is better not to look too deeply into his eyes. During the three days in which the Prince is at the villa, however, people all over the world miraculously escape death and potential suicides are doomed to frustration.　　To see what’s behind all the conversation about love, the suave but naïve Prince Sirki falls for the irresistible Grazia (Evelyn Venable), the daughter of one of Duke’s friends. Grazia knows who Death is but does not fear him, much to the chagrin of her fiancé, Corrado (Kent Taylor) who has developed a strong disdain for Prince Charming.　　More sinister than Brad Pitt in the 1998 remake Meet Joe Black, March turns in a very convincing performance as the creepy yet strangely appealing guest. Although the ending is melodramatic, the emotions are very real and the suggestion that Death may in reality be a friend disguised as a foe is quite touching.　　(Howard Schumann, talkingpix.co.uk)　　In this wearisome and predictable plot line, Death falls in love and bores us to death talking about it.　　(Dennis Schwartz, homepages.sover.net)　　I've heard DRACULA was advertised with the tag line "The Weirdest Love Story ever told!" (this is probably a paraphrase), but at heart, I've never felt that you could honestly call that movie a love story. The tag line would be much more appropriate for this one, since it ultimately boils down to what amounts to a love story. This movie is very good indeed, particularly if you consider that it is built around a concept that could have easily been handled in a cute or facile manner. Instead, it is handled as seriously as possible, with some real thought put into how death would try to come to terms with a life and an outlook that was to that point totally unfamiliar to him; much of the credit does go to Fredric March in the title role. It's quite scary when it needs to be, particularly during the first twenty minutes. From then on, it deals with its themes with subtlety, a quiet wit, an enduring sadness, and an everpresent tension on how Death might react if crossed. It's not perfect; some of the dialogue is self-conscious and artificial, as if the writers knew they were dealing with weighty issues and were trying to be profound. But I am certainly glad they didn't try to turn it into a musical comedy of sorts.　　(Dave Sindelar, scifilm.org)　　See also the remake: Death Takes A Holiday (1971)

　　A group of ivory-tower lexicographers realize they need to hear how real people talk, and end up helping a beautiful singer escape from the Mob.

　　肯·罗素（Ken Russell）根据约翰·惠廷（John Whiting）1961年的RSC戏剧改编，原作为阿道司.赫胥黎（Aldous Huxley）于1952年进行的卢丹冤案的研究。 影片主要内容是发生在17世纪法国，个人自由主义色彩浓厚的乌尔班·格兰迪神父（Ur bain Grandier）顶撞到了天主教枢机黎塞留公爵的权威，从而导致公爵和教会开始共谋如何利用修女被“恶魔”附身这一借口来陷害神父，最终导致悲剧发生。 这部电影虽然有很多大胆惊人的地方，但不妨碍其成为英国电影中独特且具有里程碑意义的影片。奥利弗·里德（Oliver Reed）饰演格兰迪神父和凡妮莎·雷德格雷夫（Vanessa Redgrave）饰演的女修道院院长都表现出色，Derek Jarman设计的片场布景更是令人难忘。 编剧阿尔多斯·赫胥黎为导演肯·罗素这部火花四溅的杰作提供了素材。这部影片描述了在17世纪的法国，修女对主教暗生情愫，这种情绪在修道院中蔓延，整个修道院的修女都赤身迎接主教 ，她们被认为被恶魔附身，但除魔方法匪夷所思。导演罗素称这部影片是他所有作品中“唯一的、而且最政治性 的 影片”，这一对“洗脑”作出清晰刻画并对政教之间的勾结作出描绘的影片被英国电影分级委员会和华纳影业禁放，华纳影业至今仍宣称这部影片强烈不适于公开放映。

　　「波兰六重奏」系列第五部，芝加哥太阳报影评人Roger Ebert四颗星最高评价，纽约时报盛讚本片是「影史上最好的流亡电影」。奥斯卡影帝杰瑞米艾朗以令人着迷的波兰腔英文及一贯压抑、内敛的高竿演技，传神诠释非法前往伦敦担任监工的谨慎男子，如何决意不让同乡工人知道波兰政治丕变的焦虑心境。　　本片故事灵感来自史考利莫斯基装修伦敦住所的真实经历，于波兰戒严后一个月开拍，并在时代氛围中掺入些许他对于性执迷的个人关注。

　　萨曼莎（娜奥米·沃茨 Naomi Watts 饰）和丈夫卡姆龙（安德鲁·林肯 Andrew Lincoln 饰）有一个幸福的家庭，向往自由生活的他们每年都会带着孩子们四处旅行。这一年，夫妻两人决定去泰国度假，哪知道在一场意外种，萨曼莎脊椎受伤，导致的结果是她的胸部以下彻底的瘫痪了，萨曼莎将永远的告别她挚爱的户外运动，下半生只能在轮椅上度过了。　　巨大的打击让萨曼莎一改往日的开朗和乐观，陷入了抑郁质中，她甚至想到了死。一天，孩子们从外面带回来一只受伤的小喜鹊交给萨曼莎照料，眼前这个脆弱的小生命，激起了萨曼莎的保护欲，同时也重新唤醒了她的求生欲。

　　1900年的情人节，沿用英式教育的澳洲亚普利亚德女子学院组织了一次目的地为海茵悬岩的郊游。孤儿萨拉却因拖延学费而无法同行，只能目送好友米兰达和同学们在迈克劳小姐的带领下出发。抵达目的地后，米兰达等四人离队攀岩，被同在悬岩下郊游的迈克尔和仆役埃尔伯特发现，迈克尔对米兰达一见钟情，尾随了上去。　　当天晚上，校长收到迈克劳与米兰达等四人失踪的报告。警方马上介入调查，校长为学院名声紧张不已，而萨拉因为失去了米兰达茶饭不思。迈克尔与埃尔伯特攀岩搜索找回了一名女学生，但米兰达仍然下落不明，萨拉在绝望中被校长赶回孤儿院，她选择了自杀……本片根据琼•莱斯利的同名小说改编，获1977年英国电影学院奖最佳摄影奖。

　　山姆不仅是个即将起步的政坛明星，更是个爱家的好男人，但是当他误闯了一夜情的桃色诱惑里头，原本一手掌握的大好前程，将随着性丑闻流出之后，跟着全面崩盘...。

　　霓虹闪烁的大都会，夜幕低垂，细雨绵绵。正驱车巡逻的警察萨奇（艾瑞克·巴纳 Eric Bana 饰）和巴特勒（乔尔·麦克哈尔 Joel McHale 饰）接到报警中心传来的指示，前往某栋公寓查探情况，最终逮捕了涉嫌殴打妻子的前海军陆战队成员吉米（克里斯·科伊 Chris Coy 饰）。之后二人再度前往动物园查案，因为此前有一个癫狂的母亲将孩子扔进狮子园。萨奇在那里不仅险些丧命，还遭遇一个神秘诡异的油漆工。第三起案件，萨奇在某公寓地下室发现一具死亡多时的尸体。出乎意料的是，三起案件竟然有着微妙的关联。　　对他来说，这个世界和城市充满了神经失常的疯子，可是却根本没有想到，现代化的社会里竟然也有邪魔的存在……

　　一名年轻的单亲妈妈兼警探莫顿发现郊区的一间房子遭到一个复仇怨灵所诅咒，这使进入房子内的人都会惨死。进入被诅咒的屋子中的她们必须设法从中救出自己和她的儿子，以免受怨灵的袭击。

　　奥兰多·布鲁姆、芙蕾达·平托、小莱斯利·奥多姆、Cynthia Erivo将主演约翰·雷德利(《美国重案》)执导新片《时栈中的指针》(Needle in a Timestack)，Bron Studios制作。　　基于Robert Silverberg写的短篇，雷德利改编剧本，设定在一个存在时间旅行的世界里，一对夫妻努力维系着婚姻，过去和现在总是摇摆不定。

　　故事紧接着上一集展开，可爱的母海豚温特如今已经成为了全美国家喻户晓的明星动物了，和小主人索亚（内森·甘宝 Nathan Gamble 饰）以及管理员卡梅伦博士（摩根·弗里曼 Morgan Freeman 饰）一起，温特在克里尔沃特海洋馆里安了家，时不时进行一场愉快的表演，收获观众们的赞美与掌声。　　本以为曾经的风波已经远去，美好的生活即将继续，就在这个节骨眼上，美国农业部发布的一条规定令索亚一行人再度陷入了困扰之中。规定中，温特唯有找到伴侣才能够继续留在海洋馆，否则的话，它将被放回大海，回归自然。就这样，卡梅伦博士开始忙起了为温特“相亲”的事宜，哪知道这件事情真正做起来却是如此的困难。

　　费莉西泰，拥有一颗简单、神圣、本原和终极的心，如同上帝创世之心。失恋后的她在寡妇欧班太太家找了一份佣人的活，但是无论她多么忠诚勤劳，却始终不能赢得女主人的信任…… 影片根据福楼拜同名短篇小说《简单的心》改编，并获得2009年雅克·普雷韦剧本奖的最佳文学改编作品奖。女主角由法国演技女王桑德里娜·伯奈尔出演，这也是她第二次饰演女佣角色，她以其充满野性和极富张力的演技，诠释了原作，即生命的精彩和人性的高贵。