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The career of Shakespeare's Sir John Falstaff as roistering companion to young Prince Hal, circa 1400-1413. (imdb)

The love affair between poet Percy Shelley and 18 year old Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, which resulted in Mary Shelley writing Frankenstein. (imdb)

German artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR-regime. (imdb)

1941. France asleep in the nineteenth century, governed by steam and Napoleon V, where scientists vanish mysteriously. April, a teenage girl, goes in search of her missing scientist parents. (imdb)

Back story on how Pearl became the person she was. (imdb)

A boxer fights his way to the top, only to find his life falling apart around him. (imdb)

When an elite crime squad's lead detective investigates the disappearance of a victim on the first snow of winter, he fears an elusive serial killer may be active again. With the help of a brilliant recruit, the cop must connect decades-old cold cases to the brutal new one if he hopes to outwit this unthinkable evil before the next snowfall. (İmdb)

A young writer becomes intrigued with a mysterious dark-haired woman who claims to be his long-lost sister and he begin an unusual relationship with her prompting a downward spiral involving his domineering mother and lovely fiancée (imdb)

A German U-boat crew experiences the terror and claustrophobia of life on a submarine in the Battle of the Atlantic. They face the constant threat of attack from enemy ships and aircraft, as well as the psychological strain of being confined in a small space for months on end.

From the director who scandalized France with "Secret Things" comes a film that will shock you, make you think and turn you on. (IFC First Take)