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Jailbait (Wildwechsel, 1973), also known as Wild Game Crossing, is a bleak story of teenage angst, set in industrial northern Germany during the 1950s. Like in many other of his films, Fassbinder analyses lower middle class life with characters who, unable to articulate their feelings, bury them in inane phrases and violent acts.[51] Love turns into a power struggle of deception and betrayal. The story centers on Hanni, a precocious fourteen-year-old schoolgirl who starts a relationship with Franz, a nineteen-year-old worker in a chicken processing plant. Their romance faces the opposition of the girl's conservative parents. Franz is sentenced to nine months in prison for having sex with a minor. When he is released on probation, they continue their relationship and Hanni becomes pregnant. Afraid of her father's anger, she persuades Franz to kill him. Back in prison, Franz is told by Hanni that their child died at birth and that their love was "only physical"

A C.I.A. man goes to London to assist British Intelligence uncover a mole and destroy a foreign spy ring.

Based on the 1972 film George!, this series continues the adventures of a St. Bernard dog and his owner living in The Alps of Switzerland.

Munich stories.

Private detective Max Männdli lives in Zurich and loves his job, for which he always takes his time in the Swiss manner. When solving his cases, he often chooses his very own investigative methods, which may not be everyone's cup of tea, but are always very effective in the end. He is assisted by his secretary Rosa Emmenegger. In his investigations for private individuals and sometimes companies, Männdli is always on the trail of crimes, which he solves at the same time.

In this Anglicized rendering of the Turgenev play, Susannah York toys with the affections of a young admirer while spending a month at a country estate.

A pre-Monty Python mockumentary, written by and presented by John Cleese, that provides tips on learning how to irritate people.

A film essay, filmed in the cinema verité style, on the mood of the American south in the spring of 1963.

Examines the work being done by Synanon's founder, Charles "Chuck" Dederich, in rehabilitating drug addicts. Synanon's volunteers live and work in a communal manner at a center whose approach to self-help is vastly different from recognized. Besides "kicking the habit" activities include music, dancing, attack therapy and a truth-telling session that came to be known as the "Synanon Game".

"Times of Sensibility" - about the conflicts of a woman during pregnancy.

A documentary about Antarctica.

In this mock-documentary, John Cleese narrates a series of sketches on irritation -- types and techniques. Included are parents irritating their children, old ladies irritating movie-goers in a theater, an overly subservient waiter, a car repairman denying obvious car trouble, a party guest hinting for a ride, airplane pilots playing practical jokes on their passengers, and a talk show host who doesn't stop talking.

While Bonn is frolicking in carnival mood, a thief steals secret files from government safes - only to put them back again the next day.

With a heavy heart, a secretary misuses her position of trust, in the hope of getting her sick brother out of a GDR prison.