John Keating is a new English teacher at a conservative American college. He stands out from the stuffy crowd of teachers thanks to his easygoing manner, eccentric behavior, and disregard for the curriculum. One day, he initiates his students into the secret of the Society for the Dead Poets. From that moment on, each student strives to find their own voice in the faceless chorus and to view the world around them by leaping high above the gray school fence.

A clean-cut synth artist in Germany hopes to turn his career around with the help of a washed-up, erratic, publicity-crazed American manager.

After leaving the homeless shelter where he was being treated following a hit-and-run by an unknown driver, Alex, a street performer, returns to spend the night on Paris’s oldest bridge, the Pont -Neuf, where, in addition to his usual partner who supplies him with drugs, he meets a young artist named Michelle, who, having lost her sight, has decided to leave her home and friends behind. Alex and Michelle embark on a whirlwind and intoxicating romance that proves healing for both of them.

Two friends, both amateur boxers—Bobby and Ricky—aren’t exactly rolling in money. And that really makes their lives miserable. But one day, they get a chance to turn things around. A local big shot sends them on an errand to New York. And while for Bobby it’s just another job, for Ricky it’s a path to his long-held dream of becoming a cool guy. The lavish reception in Manhattan completely blows Ricky’s mind. The world of big money: limos, clubs, girls—this is it, it’s finally happened! And he decides that they’ve got it all figured out and are already tough gangsters! And just when he’s almost gotten used to his new role, it’s time to do what they came here to do...

Alex is a young man whose girlfriend recently left him for his best friend. Alex hasn’t decided on a career yet; he just dreams of becoming a film director someday. He wanders the streets of Paris, striking up conversations with strangers, and one day at a party full of eccentric characters, he meets a girl named Mireille, whose boyfriend recently broke up with her. Miray once dreamed of becoming an actress, but now she’s contemplating suicide.

In the near future, the world has taken on new colors. However, the driving forces behind human passions remain, as always: the lust for profit and love. Mark finds himself at the center of a criminal operation aimed at stealing a vaccine for a dangerous new disease from a laboratory. But Mark’s love thwarts the criminals’ plans.

Louis, a vampire, approaches Malloy, a journalist with a penchant for sensational stories, to tell him the story of his life. In 1791, after losing his wife and child, the young Louis wants to die, but an encounter with the vampire Lestat opens the door to eternal life for him.

Billy, a young English clerk, is a pathological liar. Or rather, he lives in his own fantasies, in the land of Ambrosia, where he is a king, a general, and a great lover. As a result, nothing but trouble awaits him in the real world. First, his greatest hope—to become a screenwriter—is in jeopardy. Second, he’s entangled in relationships with three women: he’s already engaged to two of them, and he’s in love with the third.

Eight young, beautiful, and talented women have been kidnapped. All of them may die if police officer Alex Cross cannot track down the hideout of the elusive serial killer who calls himself Casanova. The manhunt unfolds from the small towns of the Deep South to the California coast. The feisty witness Kate McTairnan is the only one who manages to escape Casanova’s clutches, and now her goal is to help Alex free the rest of the victims.

On one of the tropical islands, secret experiments with chemical weapons are being conducted under the direction of Dr. Long. After miscalculating the blast radius, the doctor conducts a test explosion, resulting in the death of Captain Brinner’s entire squad, who perish in terrible agony. The captain is discharged from the army and sentenced to 10 years in prison, while the doctor remains at large. Ten years later, Brinner assembles an armed team and tracks down the doctor, who is still carrying out his horrific experiments...