Heidi und Peter (1955)

AKA:
Heidi

Synopsis:
Heidi lives with her grandfather in the Swiss Alps in the summer, and she and Peter play and tend the goats. In the winter, she stays with Peter's mother, and they attend school. One day a letter arrives from Heidi's friend, Klara Sesemann, an ill youngster who spends most of her time in a wheelchair, stating she is coming for a visit. The teacher, who has been having trouble with making Peter study, and Heidi's grandfather decides to pose as Santa Claus and scare him into studying. It is successful and with Heidi's help, Peter learns how to read. With the arrival of summer, Klara appears along with her grandmother, and her prim governess Rottenmeyer. Heidi's grandfather suggests she stay with Heidi, while the governess stays in the village to visit and keep an eye on Klara. Peter is resentful and destroys Klara's wheelchair. Heidi's grandfather is secretly pleased, as he feels that Klara doesn't really need the wheelchair. Calamity strikes in the form of a storm which causes the ...

Starring:
Heinrich Gretler
Elsbeth Sigmund
Thomas Klameth

Director: Franz Schnyder

The Mother (2003)

AKA:
La madre    Italian
La mère    French
Die Mutter    German
A Mãe    Portuguese

Synopsis:
 Toots and May's marriage is one of Toots being dependent on his wife. Shortly after Toots and May arrive in London to visit with their grown children Bobby and Paula and their respective children, Toots falls ill and dies. Toots' death brings to the surface the underlying strain that has always existed between May and both of her two children, and the unhappy lives they have all led. Now specifically with Paula, May is disapproving of her relationship with a construction worker named Darren. Not only does May think his occupation makes him beneath Paula, he's also a married man. Darren is in an unsatisfying marriage but doesn't want to leave it if only because of his son. Even after May gets to know and like Darren, she still encourages Paula to break up with him. The issue is is that May herself has fallen in love with Darren, the two who begin a sexual relationship. What will ultimately happen between May and Darren also depends on Darren, who is floundering in his own life and ...

Starring:
Daniel Craig
Anna Wilson-Jones
Anne Reid

Director: Roger Michell

Il Decamerone (1971)

AKA:
Decameron no.1
Decameron
El Decamerón >> Spanish
The Decameron >> English

Synopsis:
An adaptation of nine stories from Bocaccio's "Decameron": A young man from Perugia is swindled twice in Naples, but ends up rich; a man poses as a deaf-mute in a convent of curious nuns; a woman must hide her lover when her husband comes home early; a scoundrel fools a priest on his deathbed; three brothers take revenge on their sister's lover; a young girl sleeps on the roof to meet her boyfriend at night; a group of painters wait for inspiration; a crafty priest attempts to seduce his friend's wife; and two friends make a pact to find out what happen= s after death. Pasolini is up to his old tricks satirizing the Church, and throwing in liberal doses of life and love.

Starring:
Franco Citti
Ninetto Davoli
Jovan Jovanovic

Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini

The Illusionist (2006)

AKA:
The Illusionist - Nichts ist wie es scheint >> German
L'illusionniste >> French

Synopsis:
In late nineteenth century Vienna, renowned illusionist Eisenheim is reunited with the Duchess von Teschen when she is volunteered from the audience to participate in an illusion during one of his performances. Despite having not seen each other in fifteen years when they were teenagers, they almost immediately recognize each other as Eduard Abramovich and Sophie von Teschen, they who had a doomed romance at that time due to their class differences. The Duchess is soon to be wed to the Crown Prince Leopold in what would be for him a marriage solely in pursuit of power: overthrowing his father, the Emperor Leopold, as well as overtaking the Hungarian side of the empire. The Crown Prince is known to use violence against women if it suits his needs or purposes. As such, the Duchess, who realizes that she still loves Eisenheim and he her, can never leave the Crown Prince without it jeopardizing her life. After Eisenheim humiliates the Crown Prince at a private show which results in an incident between the Crown Prince and the Duchess, the battle between Eisenheim and the Crown Prince moves into the public performance realm, which many believe demonstrates Eisenheim's supernatural powers. Much of the work for the Crown Prince in the battle with Eisenheim is conducted by Chief Inspector Uhl, who would become the Chief of Police under the Crown Prince's reign. As such, Uhl may have ulterior motives in turning a blind eye to any unlawful act of the Crown Prince against Eisenheim or the Duchess.

Starring:
Edward Norton
Jessica Biel
Paul Giamatti

Director: Neil Burger

Burning Mussolini ()

The Gathering (2007)

AKA:
The Gathering - Tödliche Zusammenkunft >> German
Coven >> English
Maléfiques >> French

Synopsis:
After a disturbing night, Dr. Michael Foster wakes up to find his wife, Ann, has vanished. The local people are most unhelpful, and the rumor mill whispers that Ann ran off with their daughter's attractive teacher. The only clues to Ann's disappearance are a bloody circle on a wall, a dying raven, and strange images of his daughter and Ann. In an attempt to piece those clues together, Michael uncovers Ann's involvement in an ancient sect composed of witches in modern day New York, who would do anything to dominate the world-- including murder. However, the closer Michael gets to finding his missing wife and uncovering the deadly truth, the more he finds that powerful people are involved in the mystery. Now, the only thing Michael can trust is that he cannot trust anyone.

Starring:
Peter Gallagher
Jamie-Lynn Sigler
Kristin Lehman

Director: Bill Eagles

Robinson Crusoe (1997)

AKA:
Robinson Crusoé  >> French

Synopsis:
Robinson Crusoe flees Britain on a ship after killing his friend over the love of Mary. A fierce ocean storm wrecks his ship and leaves him stranded by himself on an uncharted island. Left to fend for himself, Crusoe seeks out a tentative survival on the island, until he meets Friday, a tribesman whom he saves from being sacrificed. Initially, Crusoe is thrilled to finally have a friend, but he has to defend himself against the tribe who uses the island to sacrifice tribesman to their gods. During time their relationship changes from master-slave to a mutual respected friendship despite their difference in culture and religion.

Starring:
Pierce Brosnan
William Takaku
Polly Walker

Directors: Rod Hardy and George Miller

Dark Mirror (2007)

Synopsis:
A photographer moves her family into a strange old house, where she discovers an alternate reality reflected in the glass... A dark reality that is closing in on her. [2010]

Starring:
Lisa Vidal
David Chisum
Joshua Pelegrin

Director: Pablo Proenza

Halloween VIII: Resurrection (2002)

AKA:
Halloween 8: Resurrección
Halloween 8: Ressurreição

Halloween II: The Nightmare Isn't Over! (1981)

AKA:
Halloween 2: The Nightmare Isn't Over!

Synopsis:
It's the same night as the original Halloween. Michael Myers is around the neighborhood, after being gunned by Dr.Loomis six times. Now, he's in a hospital where the girl Laurie Strode was taken. And there's a reason why Michael is after her.

Zeitgeist Addendum ()

Monsters, Inc. (2001)

AKA:
Die Monster AG
Monstres & Cie

Monsters generate their city's power by scaring children, but they are terribly afraid themselves of being contaminated by children, so when one enters Monstropolis, top scarer Sulley finds his world disrupted.

Starring:
Billy Crystal
John Goodman
Mary Gibbs

Directors: Pete Docter, David Silverman, and Lee Unkrich

I am Number Four (2011)

Synopsis:
Three are dead. He is Number Four. D.J. Caruso ('Eagle Eye', 'Disturbia') helms an action-packed thriller about an extraordinary young man, John Smith (Alex Pettyfer), who is a fugitive on the run from ruthless enemies sent to destroy him. Changing his identity, moving from town to town with his guardian Henri (Timothy Olyphant), John is always the new kid with no ties to his past. In the small Ohio town he now calls home, John encounters unexpected, life-changing events--his first love (Dianna Agron), powerful new abilities and a connection to the others who share his incredible destiny.

Starring:
Alex Pettyfer
Timothy Olyphant
Dianna Agron

Apollo 18 (2011)

Synopsis:
Decades-old found footage from NASA's abandoned Apollo 18 mission, where two American astronauts were sent on a secret expedition, reveals the reason the U.S. has never returned to the moon.

Black Christmas (2006)

AKA:
Black X-Mas

Synopsis:
An escaped maniac returns to his childhood home on Christmas Eve, which is now a sorority house, and begins to murder the sorority sisters one by one.

Starring:
Michelle Trachtenberg
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Lacey Chabert

Director: Glen Morgan

Léon: The Professional (1994)

AKA:
Léon
Leon - Der Profi >> German

Synopsis:
Mathilda, a twelve-year old New York girl, is living an undesirable life among her half-family. Her father stores drugs for two-faced cop Norman Stansfield. Only her little brother keeps Mathilda from breaking apart. One day, Stansfield and his team take cruel revenge on her father for stretching the drugs a little, thus killing the whole family. Only Mathilda, who was out shopping, survives by finding shelter in Léon's apartment in the moment of highest need. Soon, she finds out about the strange neighbour's unusual profession - killing - and desperately seeks his help in taking revenge for her little brother. Léon, who is completely unexperienced in fatherly tasks, and in friendships, does his best to keep Mathilda out of trouble - unsuccessfully. Now, the conflict between a killer, who slowly discovers his abilities to live, to feel, to love and a corrupt police officer.

Director: Luc Besson

Ca$h (2010)

AKA:
Cash

Synopsis:
A stroke of good luck turns lethal for Sam Phelan and his wife Leslie when they are faced with a life-changing decision that brings strange and sinister Pyke Kubic to their doorstep. As Pyke leads Sam and Leslie on a tumultuous adventure through the streets of Chicago, each are pulled deeper and deeper into a desperate spiral of deception and violence... All in the name of money.

Starring:
Sean Bean
Chris Hemsworth
Victoria Profeta

Director: Stephen Milburn Anderson

Ip Man I (2008)

AKA:
Ip Man
Ip Man 1
Yip Man
Grand Master Yip Man

Synopsis:
A semi-biographical account of Yip Man, the first martial arts master to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun.

Starring:
Donnie Yen
Simon Yam
Siu-Wong Fan

Director: Wilson Yip

Grudge III (2009)

AKA:
Grudge 3
El Grito >> Spanish
Garez 3 >> Turkish

Synopsis:
In Chicago, the boy Jake is interned in a mental institution and his therapist Dr. Sullivan does not believe that he is haunted by the ghost of the boy Toshio. When Jake is killed in his cell with all his bones broken, Dr. Sullivan decides to investigate further with open-mind. Meanwhile, Lisa, who is the sister of the super Max of Jake's building, steals the key of apartment 305 to have sex with her boyfriend Andy. When she realizes that the spot is a crime scene, she immediately returns to her apartment, where she lives with Max and their sister Rose. In the meantime, the Japanese Naoko decides to travel from Tokyo to Chicago to stop the curse of her sister Kayako. She meets Lisa and tells that she needs hers and Rose's help her to stop the fiend of her sister, but Lisa does not accept the offer. When Max is possessed by the evil spirit of Daisuke, Lisa visits Naoko but it may be too late to stop the curse.

Starring:
Matthew Knight
Shawnee Smith
Mike Straub

Director: Toby Wilkins

A Man Apart (2003)

Synopsis:
When they took his love... they took his life. On April 4th. he's taking it back. A man known as Diablo emerges to head a drug cartel after the previous leader is imprisoned. 1 nomination .

Starring:
Vin Diesel