Sean Connery returns as Secret Service agent James Bond in the second of the series, once again saving the world from the terrorist threats of the SPECTRE organisation. Bond is sent to Istanbul to steal a Russian coding machine, but comes up against two fearsome opponents also interested in the device: East German spy Rosa Klebb (Lotte Lenya), who hides a deadly switchblade in her shoe; and Red Grant (Robert Shaw), an assassin posing as a fellow British agent.

Alex Cox's story of William Walker (Ed Harris), an American soldier of fortune, whose Latin American escapades in the mid 1800s continue to have ripple effects in US policy today. When his wife dies, Walker decides to leave a promising career in politics behind and, backed by banking magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, travels to Nicaragua to make it safe for Vanderbilt's steamships. However, once there, Walker sets himself up as Nicaragua's president; until the nation decides they no longer want to be ruled by a mad 'gringo'.

George Sherman directs this 1950s Western starring Joel McCrea and Yvonne De Carlo. During the American Civil War, Major Clete Mattson (McCrea) arrives at Mexican enclave Zona Libre, having stolen two millon dollars of Union money with which he plans to purchase firearms for the Confederacy. The tyrannical General Eduardo Calleja (Pedro Armendariz) who runs Zona Libre offers him a safe haven for a substantial fee. However, the general's girlfriend Carmelita (De Carlo), who develops feelings for Mattson, warns him that Calleja can't be trusted...

Will Ferrell stars in this parody of a 1970s Mexican telenovela B-movie, complete with intentional continuity errors, bad acting and dodgy edits. Black sheep of the family Armando Alvarez (Ferrell) welcomes the return to the family ranch of his prodigal younger brother Raul (Diego Luna), but is jealous of Raul's beautiful fiancée Sonia (Genesis Rodriquez). As he struggles to come to terms with his own feelings for Sonia, he must face a more pressing threat in the form of Mexico's most feared drug lord, Onza (Gael Garcia Bernal), who has set his sights on the ranch.