A young shoemaker is arrested for stealing a small amount of money, and is jailed for fifteen years. Upon his release, he wants to get a permit to get a job and start anew, but finds that without a job he can't get a permit, and without a permit he can't get a job. Ensnared in the absurd net of Prussian bureaucracy, he can't see any way out. That is, until he enters a thrift shop and spots a Prussian officer's uniform that fits him like a second skin...

Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a la...

The story of a German singer named Willie, who while working in Switzerland, falls in love with a Je...

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufr...

Beyond Silence is about a family and a young girl’s coming of age story. This German film looks into...

Bank robber Kalle Grabowski escapes from prison while his unemployed smalltime crook buddy is sittin...

A semi-documentary experimental 1930 German silent film created by amateurs with a small budget. Wit...

20 volunteers agree to take part in a seemingly well-paid experiment advertised by the university. I...

In 1984 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and h...

An Eastern European tourist unexpectedly finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up tem...

People in the future live in a totalitarian society. A technician named THX 1138 lives a mundane lif...

A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, g...

A young Polish-born, Berlin-based lawyer working on refugee cases is unexpectedly reunited with his ...

When illegal card dealer and recovering heroin addict Frankie Machine gets out of prison, he decides...

During a 10-year sentence for murdering the leader of a rival South Central Los Angeles gang, Bobby ...

California teen Anita Minteer struggles in the face of an absentee mother, her mom's abusive boyfrie...

An embittered penitentiary social worker receives an unwelcome blast from the past when the case fil...
A tragic accident leads Bryan Bruton on a wild and unforgettable experience within the Florida priso...

Two brothers, separated by time and prison bars, reestablish contact. Inspired by James Baldwin's sh...
An urban drama about a parolee trying to be a better father to his daughter as he struggles for pers...

This lengthy docudrama records the harrowing conditions at the Confederacy's most notorious prisoner...