With Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan. Majestic in scope, the film is Kurosawa's late-life masterpiece, a profound examination of the folly of war and the crumbling of one family under the weight of betrayal, greed, and the insatiable thirst for power.

20世纪90年代，在北京一个机关小区内，住着老贾一家。一家之主傅明老人（文兴宇 饰）是参加过革命的老干部，退休之后依然官腔不减，但在商品社会抬头的今天，他的言行显得有些格格不入和可笑起来。某机关任职的长子贾志国（杨立新 饰）和在曲艺团工作的妻子和平（宋丹丹 饰）有一个可爱的女儿圆圆（关凌 饰），加上没有固定工作的次子志新（梁天 饰）和正在上大学的女儿小凡，还有时常搞出状况的保姆（沈畅 饰），令这个热闹的大家庭内上演着一段又一段有趣又感人的生活故事……

2008 film directed by Martin McDonagh

Though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant Casey, Kevin reaches a war for survival among all of those contained within him — as well as everyone around him — as the walls between his compartments shatter apart.

韦明（阮玲玉 饰）是一名音乐教师，平日里，她喜欢作曲和写小说。王博士是韦明的同时，尽管已经结婚，但他经常对漂亮的韦明动手动脚很不尊重，这让韦明感到恶心和唾弃。某日，韦明遇见了出版公司的余海涛，他的绅士和谈吐十分吸引韦明，然而，韦明只是将这份感情埋藏在心底。 韦明的姐姐带着韦明的女儿前来投奔韦明，使得韦明本就不宽裕的生活更加的拮据，与此同时，无法得逞的王博士施诡计使得韦明为学校解雇，而女儿又恰巧在此时生病急需医治，一时间，韦明陷入了走投无路的境地。无奈之下，韦明只得出卖肉体，而她的客人竟然正是阴险卑鄙的王博士。

2014 film directed by Xin Yukun

2013 South Korean film directed by Yang U-seok

《人生的枷锁》是毛姆的代表作，具有明显的自传色彩。 小说主人公菲利普·凯里自幼父母双亡，不幸又先天残疾，在冷漠而陌生的环境中度过了童年，性格因此孤僻而敏感。在寄宿学校度过的岁月让他饱受了不合理的学校制度的摧残，而当他走入社会后，又在爱情上经历了伤痛。在坎坷的人生道路上，他每跨一步，都要付出艰辛的挣扎，但思想和个性都独立不羁的凯里，一直努力挣脱宗教和小市民意识这两条禁锢自己精神的桎梏，力图在混沌纷扰的生活漩流中，寻求人生的真谛。

The Fool is a movie about a simple plumber. An honest man, he is up against an entire system of corrupted bureaucrats. At stake are the lives of 800 inhabitants of an old dorm that is at risk of collapsing within the span of the night.

2008 film by Hirokazu Koreeda