خلاصه داستان : سال 1909. زندانى محكوم به حبس ابد، » رابرت استرود « ( لنكستر )، به » پرنده ‏بازى « علاقه‏ مند مى‏ شود.

After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new meaning when he happens upon a helpless baby sparrow in the exercise yard and nurses it back to health. Despite having only a third grade education, Stroud goes on to become a renowned ornithologist and achieves a greater sense of freedom and purpose behind bars than most people find in the outside world.

خلاصه داستان : همانطور که نیروهای متفقین در اوت 1944 به پاریس نزدیک می شوند، سرهنگ آلمانی فون والدهیم ناامید است تا تمام بزرگترین نقاشی های فرانسه را به آلمان ببرد. او موفق می شود قطاری را برای حمل آثار هنری ارزشمند حفظ کند، حتی در حالی که هرج و مرج عقب نشینی بر آنها نازل می شود....

As the Allied forces approach Paris in August 1944, German Colonel Von Waldheim is desperate to take all of France's greatest paintings to Germany. He manages to secure a train to transport the valuable art works even as the chaos of retreat descends upon them. The French resistance however wants to stop them from stealing their national treasures but have received orders from London that they are not to be destroyed. The station master, Labiche, is tasked with scheduling the train and making it all happen smoothly but he is also part of a dwindling group of resistance fighters tasked with preventing the theft. He and others stage an elaborate ruse to keep the train from ever leaving French territory.

خلاصه داستان : یک کارمند مستقل اطلاعاتی سابق ایالات متحده تلاش می کند تا بسته ای اسرارآمیز را که مورد نیاز ایرلندی ها و روس ها است پیدا کند.

A briefcase with undisclosed contents – sought by Irish terrorists and the Russian mob – makes its way into criminals' hands. An Irish liaison assembles a squad of mercenaries, or 'ronin', and gives them the thorny task of recovering the case.