When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find themselves falling for one another.
When his father refuses to support his choice of a career, an aspiring chef tries to fulfil his dream by helping his grandfather run his small eatery.
Wataru Hirayama's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares that she is in love with a musician and is adamant to live life her own way, instead of agreeing to an arranged marriage. Outwitted by his female relatives, Hirayama stubbornly refuses to admit defeat.
Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise and sets off on a journey, aiming to "know trouble" first-hand. When all he finds is a train ride back to Hollywood and a beautiful blonde companion, he redoubles his efforts, managing to land himself in more trouble than he bargained for when he loses his memory and ends up a prisoner on a chain gang.
Zhenya og Boris står midt i en ond skilsmisse som er præget af vrede, frustration og beskyldninger. De har begge fundet en ny partner og er utålmodige for at starte forfra med deres nye tilværelser – og begge parter er indstillet på at opgive deres 12-årige søn Alyosha. Efter at have været vidne til en af forældrenes ubarmhjertige skænderier, forsvinder Alyosha pludselig en dag …
Gertrud er gift med politikeren Gustav og har et forhold til den unge musiker Erland. Før ægteskabet havde hun et forhold til digteren Gabriel. Alle tre er mænd for hvem arbejdet har højeste prioritet, mens det for hende er kærligheden. Derfor bryder hun med dem alle og vælger selvstændigheden. Mange år senere ser den gamle Gertrud sammen med vennen Axel tilbage på sit liv.
Alina returns to Romania from Germany, hoping to bring Voichita—the only person in the world she loves and was loved by—back with her. But Voichita has found God, and God is the hardest lover of all to best.
In a small Japanese village at the end of the 19th century, a rickshaw driver's wife takes on a much younger lover and the two conspire to murder him.
An aging woman and her nurse develop a friendship that inspires her to unearth unacknowledged longing and thus help her make peace with her past.
A mysterious teenager named Ángelo cares for Klaus, a German doctor with a dark past who lives trapped in an iron lung.
I 1940’ernes USA er racisme en del af hverdagen. Også på en militærbase i Louisiana, hvor en sort sergent bliver myrdet, og ingen uanset hudfarve har lyst til at hjælpe med opklaringen. Den seje og ligeledes sorte kaptajn Davenport bliver sendt til syden for at komme til bunds i sagen, og han giver ikke sådan lige op.
Two contract killers cross paths in the middle of the same job and realize they are childhood friends. Together they take a break from killing and visit the small island they once called home. After reflecting on their past lives they decided to team up and use their talents in killing for good... much to the upset of the crime syndicates.
An ever evolving alien life-form arrives on a comet from the Dark Gaseous Nebula and proceeds to consume pollution. Spewing mists of sulfuric acid and corrosive sludge, neither humanity nor Godzilla may be able to defeat this toxic menace.
Den aldrende småforbryder Lou bilder sig ind, at han engang var en stor kanon tilbage i 'de gode gamle gangsterdage' i Atlantic City. Hans genbo, servitricen Sally, drømmer om et job som croupier i Monte Carlo. Da hendes mand, der nu venter barn med Sallys søster, kommer forbi med en ladning stjålen kokain, øjner Lou og Sally en chance for at få deres drømme opfyldt.
Carol Hammond, daughter of a politician, has vivid nightmares involving sex orgies and LSD. In a dream, she murders a neighbor she envies and wakes up to a real investigation into her neighbor's murder.
After inheriting the family mortuary, a pyrophobic mortician accidentally exposes hundreds of un-cremated bodies to toxic medical waste. As the corpses re-animate, the mortician's inheritance-seeking younger brother unexpectantly shows up, stumbling upon a full zombie outbreak!
Part live-action, part animated story about a boy who, after an awful amusement park accident, gets a brain transplant, which allows him to see cartoon characters in real life.
A ruthless corporate raider is forced to return to his small town roots where he suddenly inherits his father's nearly bankrupt pencil factory, which is the heart and soul of the depressed community. With the foreclosure deadline looming, he must decide to either let it close, or join the community's fight to save it.
Divorced and demoralised, Amy Minsky’s prospects look bleak when she is condemned to move back in with her parents at the age of 35. Everyone wants to help but, as her patience level with advice is plummeting, a bold teenage boy enters her life, igniting her last bit of self-esteem.
Anton and Erika started out as friends for five years and got into a romantic relationship for seven years. Anton is a commercial director while Erika is a former band member and becomes his stay-at-home partner. The day finally comes when he asks her to marry him.