1988 watchlist

Iacob lives in a small village in the Carpathian Mountains near a gold mine and tries to survive.

A man's story parallels Hitler's rise. Austrian Klaus Schneider, wounded in World War I, recovers in the care of Dr. Emil Bettleheim. Bettleheim discovers that Schneider possesses powers of empathy and of clairvoyance, such that could aid suicidal patients. After the war, with one friend as his manager and another as his lover, Schneider changes his name to Eric Jan Hanussen and goes to Berlin, as a hypnotist and clairvoyant performing in halls and theaters. He always speaks the truth, which brings him to the attention of powerful Nazis. He predicts their rise (good propaganda for them) and their violence (not so good). He's in pain and at risk. What is Hanussen's future?

A television actress encounters a variety of eccentric characters after embarking on a journey to discover why her lover abruptly left her.

Reefer, a former IRA man in Galway; his friends Spider and Badger; and the pregnant Teresa "the Model", who abandoned a life of drugs and prostitution, become involved armed robbery of a post office and are pursued by the Gardaí.

Anna's partner, a famous writer, has left her after several years together, and she is determined to find out why. After discovering the access code to his computer, Anna reads unsent letters that reveal the true reason for their breakup.

Trausti returns to Iceland just in time to be entangled in a family feud over a stranded whale-cadaver. His mother (the family head) is mortally wounded and Grim kills Erikur; the other clan leader. Isold, daughter of Erikur now takes his place. Isold and Trausti are attracted to each other, but Isold was promised to Hjoerleifur - the son of the Bishop (of Iceland) and his powerful wife. However, Isold has a plan...

A drama following stories of characters from the Portuguese High Society.

A talented but poor minstrel is forced to wander throughout the world because of impossibility to be with his true love - a rich merchant's daughter.

A soon-to-be lawyer crosses his path with a taxi driver and a young sinister man.

At the beginning of the 50s, two extremely disparate men meet in a private sanatorium for consumptives: an officer in the People's Police, Josef Heiliger; and a young Protestant curate, Hubertus Koschenz. On account of their consumption, they have to share a room. Initially, this is the only thing they have in common.

Edo and Lupo are two countrymen running away after having robbed their boss. They are chased by 3 mercernaries. They will meet real gangsters, then some excentric nobles. At this time, they are separated for an experiment. Edo is given education, while Lupo is left alone unattended. The goal is to determine whether education can make a man more clever.

Rex and Saskia, a young couple in love, are on vacation. They stop at a busy service station and Saskia is abducted. After three years and no sign of Saskia, Rex begins receiving letters from the abductor.

Two brothers live with their mother in an old house on the outskirts of small town. They both work in a print shop. The older one, Boza, is a quiet, responsible man with views determined by his Christian faith. Dan is a dude who enjoys pub entertainment. It is only after a tragic event that he begins to understand that something is missing in his life.

Days of Eclipse is filmed in a psychedelic manner close to stream of consciousness using unusual cinematographic techniques. The action is set in Middle Asia.

A crooked American businessman tries to push the shady influential owner of a nightclub in Newcastle, England to sell him the club. The club's new employee and the American's ex lover fall in love and inadvertently stir the pot.