Die Lüge

Dog Days

September 2001 •German

Vignettes of the lives of several residents of a Vienna suburb during a heat wave.

The Pursuit of Happyness

December 2006 •English

A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.

The Cooler

November 2003 •English

Bernie works at a Las Vegas casino, where he uses his innate ability to bring about misfortune in those around him to jinx gamblers into losing. His imposing boss, Shelly Kaplow, is happy with the arrangement. But Bernie finds unexpected happiness when he begins dating attractive waitress Natalie Belisario.

Invincible

August 2006 •English

Inspired by the true story of Vince Papale, a man with nothing to lose who ignored the staggering odds and made his dream come true. When the coach of Papale's beloved hometown football team hosted an unprecedented open tryout, the public consensus was that it was a waste of time – no one good enough to play professional football was going to be found this way.

The Bonfire of the Vanities

December 1990 •English

After his mistress runs over a black teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotlight; A down-and-out reporter breaks the story and opportunists clamber to use it to their advantage.

Just My Luck

May 2006 •English

Manhattanite Ashley is known to many as the luckiest woman around. After a chance encounter with a down-and-out young man, however, she realizes that she's swapped her fortune for his.

Anna Susanna

February 1953 •German

Nothing Funny

February 1996 •Polish

One day, hospital orderlies, watching corpse in the morgue, recognize film director. Man, even though he died, he begins to remember his life. He made a career making movies, had numerous mistresses, but never realized their dreams. His life was interspersed with many setbacks that enfeebled him from the inside. Although he made a career in film, he was not happy with his life.

Chick Fight

November 2020 •English

When Anna Wyncomb is introduced to an underground, all-female fight club in order to turn the mess of her life around, she discovers she is much more personally connected to the history of the club than she could ever imagine.

Feng Shui

September 2004 •Tagalog

After finding a Feng Shui amulet, Joy starts to see a string of fortunate events come her way. Soon, she realizes it is, in fact, a curse. Now she must break the cycle of good fortune and death in order to save her family.

Oliver Twist

December 1982 •English

When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with the street urchin known as the Artful Dodger and his criminal mentor, Fagin. When kindly Mr. Brownlow takes Oliver in, Fagin's evil henchman Bill Sikes plots to kidnap the boy.

Animal Tamer

January 1995 •Indonesian

While on a hunting trip, Tias (Keke Hamzah) is bitten by a cobra. From then on out, strange and often life threatening things (being attacked by a crocodile, etc.) begin happening to both her and her boyfriend and they're pursued by a "tiger woman" (Malfin Shayna).

Sadanandante Samayam

May 2003 •Malayalam

Sadanandan, who depends on astrology for everything, comes to know from an astrologer that he is going to die soon. He panics and tries to do everything required for his wife and kids after he expires.

The Land

July 2016 •English

Four teenage boys devote their summer to escaping the streets of Cleveland, Ohio, by pursuing a dream life of professional skateboarding. But when they get caught in the web of the local queenpin, their motley brotherhood is tested, threatening to make this summer their last.

Jettatore

August 1938 •Spanish

A rumor spreads about a man being bad luck. His superstitious friends believe it, but it's all part of an evil scheme to ruin the man's upcoming wedding. Adapted from the play of the same name by Gregorio de Laferrere.

Lawrence & Holloman

October 2013 •English

Lawrence is an optimistic suit salesman for whom everything always goes right-until he takes the suicidal credit collector Holloman under his wing, and everything starts to go wrong. Very wrong.

Phillauri

March 2017 •Hindi

A man is forced to marry a tree to ward off ill-luck that surrounds his love-life which turns into a nightmare when the tree is embodied by a spirit with an unfinished business.

Sedona

February 2011 •English

A soul-searching comedic adventure set among famous red rocks and vortexes of Sedona, Arizona, visitors to the mystical town encounter eccentric characters and a series of calamities that lead them to unexpected miracles.

The Law of Synchronistic Mishaps

May 2024 •English

After a phone call, Murphy is swept into a cascade of continuing misfortunes.

Knucklebones

July 2025 •Dutch

A compulsive person has to have all his decisions made by the roll of a die.