253 films match Leap Year

Amy Adams stars as Anna, a woman whose scheme to wrangle her boyfriend into marriage by proposing to him on February 29th -- a day he cannot refuse her, according to Irish custom -- is jeopardized when weather threatens to cancel her trip to Dublin. Now Anna must convince a handsome but gruff Irish innkeeper (Matthew Goode) to take her across the country before the day slips away.

A young man, heir to his misogynistic and millionaire uncle, and in love with a nurse, gets in trouble when he gives advice on marriage to his girlfriends. (imdb)

This animated cartoon, which is the second of the Goldberg series, tells the story of a forty-seven-year-old maiden who would have been more popular if all men were nearsighted. The maid is described as Miss Ophelia Fade-Out, whose face has frightened all the children in the neighborhood, but who, nevertheless, still hopes to "chloroform some poor simp into matrimony." She gives orders to the janitor to hold a sack under the sidewalk and "wait for my future husband to drop into it."

A female journalist lives a lonely life in Mexico City. Her lonely routine is punctuated by sex with unknown men, until one of them, who has introduced violence, begins to come back. She doesn't resent this, and together they engage in more and more violent sexual acts. But be not mistaken, this very intense movie is not about sex, but alienation.

Follow up of the "Top Dog" (Wodzirej). Jerzy Stuhr reappears as Ludwik Danielak, smooth-talking hustler with a spreading waistline. He got sacked from his tv job in 1981 and now he is ready for comeback. His idea is the program called "Hero of the Year". His first star is to be Zbigniew Tataj (Mieczyslaw Franaszek), a quiet storekeeper, who saved an apartment building by alerting people about the gas leak. Danielak takes Tataj on a nationwide tour. (Polish Cinema Database)

Set in the world of cinema, it depicts the life of rivals actors Junta and Takato that unknown to the world start a relationship.

Fake faith healer Jonas Nightingale is stranded in a small town where he finds he can't fool all of the people all of the time. (imdb)

Scientist Sam Beckett finds himself trapped in time--"leaping" into the body of a different person in a different time period each week. (imdb)

An orphan girl dreams of becoming a ballerina and flees her rural Brittany for Paris, where she passes for someone else and accedes to the position of pupil at the Grand Opera house. (imdb)

Set 30 years after Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished, follows a new team that must restart the project hoping to understand the mysteries behind the machine and its creator. (imdb)

A lyrical and spiritual cinematic essay on The Exorcist, exploring the depths of William Friedkin's mind's eye, the nuances of his filmmaking process, and the mysteries of faith and fate that have shaped his life and filmography. (imdb)

Another Edison short filmed at the Pan-American Exposition is pretty much the same film as ESQUIMAUX GAME OF SNAP-THE-WHIP with the only difference being the sport. Here we see a group of kids playing leap-frog. (imdb)

Nahal is around thirty and in her fourth month of pregnancy. During a routine check-up she learns that her baby has died and she now faces a curettage abortion in two days' time. When she tries to address the subject, neither her mother nor her husband give her a chance to speak. Nahal knows that her family will force her to go back to taking the antidepressant medication she began prior to her pregnancy. At first the young woman appears to resume her daily life as before, but her silence soon (berlinale.de)

Both a project and a group, 1 Giant Leap consists of Jamie Catto, a founding member of Faithless, and studio guru Duncan Bridgeman. Musicians, storytellers, filmmakers, artists, and thinkers from many different cultures contribute their words, rhythms, and images from around the world in celebration of creative diversity. WHAT ABOUT ME? is the second release from the duo, following their double Grammy nominated film and album, and offers another unique and inspiring journey through world music. (Amazon.co.uk)

A town comes alive with violence as one man seeks revenge! (imdb)

A group of diverse underdogs from all different walks of life who compete to be part of a competition reality series that is putting on a modern, hip remake of "Swan Lake." (imdb)

After a big toad takes over Toro and Pancho's pond, they decided to move to an even bigger pond. However, they have to dodge Crazylegs Crane and a big fish, who both has an appetite for frogs. (imdb)

The film shows an unusual type of railroad car designed to go over or under an oncoming car instead of around it, as conventional railroad cars must do. Each car not only runs on tracks but also has a set of tracks over its top, permitting an oncoming car to go over it. The camera was placed close to a platform on which the passenger-laden train ran, and the over-and-under vehicle demonstrated its unusual capabilities several times.

A science-fiction short film about a young man who accidentally discovers that he can travel between two parallel worlds. He soon realizes that doing so has deadly consequences. (youtube.com)

Rand, a vengeful discharged fireman, tampers with the airbrakes of a large freight locomotive making them useless on the long descent from the summit of Pine Hill to Lone Point the following day. Learning of the impending peril, Helen dashes to a water tower under which the train must pass, climbs out on the spout, leaps onto the roof of one of the cars, and warns the engineer in time. (imdb)