Four tales unfold in writer-director Wes Anderson's anthology of short films adapted from Roald Dahl's beloved stories.

A single mother on vacation, takes the law into her own hands to take back her abducted child.

A lonely, neurotic, and hilariously honest middle-aged man reunites with his estranged wife, and meets his teenage daughter for the first time.

Five men wake up in a locked-down warehouse with no memory of who they are. They are forced to figure out who is good and who is bad to stay alive.

A traumatized boy grows into a shy, determined teenager who patrols the mean streets of New York City, helping those in need and dishing out severe punishment to remorseless thugs.

They were 12 saboteurs. The Nazis killed 11 of them. This is the true story of the one that got away.

When a girl's body is found on a beach in Poland's Tricity, a prosecutor teams up with the victim's mother on an impassioned quest for the truth.

Vasil has just lost his long-time partner in life, his wife Valentina. When a woman at her funeral proclaims that the dead woman called her cell phone, Vasil seeks out the help of a well-known psychic in order to contact his wife. His son Pavel tries to bring him to his senses, but Vasil stubbornly insists on doing things his own way.

Daniel experiences a spiritual transformation in a detention center. Although his criminal record prevents him from applying to the seminary, he has no intention of giving up his dream and decides to minister a small-town parish.

A traditional girl (Lynn Redgrave) resists the advances of a swinger (James Mason) who wants her as his mistress in 1960s London.

A simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet, and then uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.

Hired to shoot a tourism campaign in Sweden, American photographer Nick accidentally steps into an ongoing culture war the small town is engulfed in.

When several crabs are placed in a bowl and one tries to climb out of the bowl, the other crabs pull it down. The result is that no one ever manages to leave the bowl. The film tells three stories of three main characters who all try to do just that; leave the bowl and go your own way.

After rehearsals, the well-meaning Johan gathers the equal opportunity group to a meeting on stage, but the dialog quickly takes on an unexpected and highly sensitive tone. Acute, intelligent and exceedingly entertaining about the difficulty of achieving change.

It's John's first day at school. Unexpectedly his eleven-year-old big brother Mika shows up to follow him to assembly. But Mika has plans other than just taking John to school. Mika sees it as his mission to teach John the hard facts of the world, starting with the merciless demands of the schoolyard.

After years abroad in Paris, Selma returns to Tunis with the dream of opening up her own psychotherapy practice.

Marshal Wyatt Earp kills a couple of men of the Clanton gang in a fight. In revenge, Clanton's thugs kill the Marshal's brother. Thus, Wyatt starts to chase the killers together with his friend Doc Holliday.

The story of the crime that paralyzed an entire country, the teenager who murdered her boyfriend under circumstances that are not yet known for certain. Based on a real event.

Follows a helpline volunteer who is part of the small army that gets on the phone every night, fielding calls from all kinds of people feeling lonely, broken, etc.

A timeless tale of battle between good and evil with a family embodying the forces of righteousness while a man symbolizes malevolence.