En gravid mor med uhelbredelig kreft etterlater seg 18 rørende gaver til sin ufødte datter, som hun skal få hver bursdag fram til hun blir myndig.

A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.

Et stort og viktig spørsmål står i sentrum for denne gripende historien: Hvor langt er man som foreldre villige til å gå for å redde livet til et barn? Brian og Marge Fitzgerald har stått overfor dette spørsmålet mange ganger. I en alder av bare to år fikk dere datter Kate diagnosen leukemi. Hun skulle ikke overleve, men mot alle odds er Kate fortsatt i live når hun fyller 16 år. At dette er mulig kan familien takke Kates yngre søster Anna for, som har vært den perfekte medisinske donator. Men 13 år gammel bestemmer Anna seg for noe som umiddelbart snur opp ned på familiens liv. Hun vil ikke lenger være sin søsters donator. I det minste vil hun ha retten til å bestemme selv. Hun går i mot sine foreldre for å få kontroll over egen kropp, samtidig som er smertelig klar over at dette kan lede til sin søsters død.

Like some other kids, 12-year-old Trevor McKinney believed in the goodness of human nature. Like many other kids, he was determined to change the world for the better. Unlike most other kids, he succeeded.

Gus Van Sant tells the story of a young African American man named Jamal who confronts his talents while living on the streets of the Bronx. He accidentally runs into an old writer named Forrester who discovers his passion for writing. With help from his new mentor Jamal receives a scholarship to a private school.

A mentally ill young woman finds her love in an eccentric man who models himself after Buster Keaton.

When a Jamaican sprinter is disqualified from the Olympic Games, he enlists the help of a dishonored coach to start the first Jamaican bobsled team.

En dag, på terskelen til pensjonisttilværelsen, får CIA-agenten Muir vite at hans tidligere protesjé Bishop er fengslet i Peking, anklaget for spionasje etter å ha forsøkt å frigi en kinesisk fange. Årevis med ondt blod vaskes vekk av en strøm av minner om eventyr delt av de to agentene når Muir påtar seg sitt farligste - og mest personlige - oppdrag noensinne.

Five maids in São Paulo are observed in this episodic, impressionistic film. The women interact with each other, ride busses, work, and have longings: Rai for a husband, Créo for her lost daughter, Roxane for a career in modeling. Quitéria is naive, a gull for thieves. Cida has a husband and also a lover. While each woman gets what she wishes for (more or less), it doesn't always make things better.

Young, intense and authentic, Dani just wants a normal life. However, since she was a child, she has been misaligned with her world.

A young couple escapes Ireland, dreaming of a new life during the land giveaway in Oklahoma. As they struggle to survive against betrayal and harsh winter conditions, they must fend off her parents who are determined to bring her back home.

A chief mechanic at a factory, haunted by apocalyptic nightmares, becomes a hero when Earth is invaded by a mysterious army bent on destruction.

Nå eg ung hvit kvinne setter inn en annonse i den lokale avisen der hun søker etter en kvinnelig leieboer, virker det som om alle søkerne er rare. Men så dukker det opp en kvinne som tilsynelatende virker normal. Men den nye leieboeren har en hemmelig fortid som hjemsøker henne.

An ordinary guy suddenly finds he has superpowers he can use to help his spirited daughter and the people around them, but he also runs into trouble in the process.

A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately one of their tenants has plans of his own.

When Ben Wrightman, a young teacher, begins dating pretty businesswoman Lindsey Meeks, the two don't seem to have a lot of the same interests, but they fall in love, regardless. Their romance goes well until baseball season begins, and Lindsey soon realizes that Ben is completely obsessed with the Boston Red Sox. Though she tries to understand Ben's passionate team loyalty, eventually it threatens to end their otherwise happy relationship.

Den kritikerroste forfatteren/regissøren Sofia Coppola har laget en gripende thriller som utspiller seg ved en isolert jenteskole i den amerikanske borgerkrigens Virginia. Når den skadete soldaten McBurney blir funnet i nærheten av skolen, tas han inn av bestyrerinnen Martha. De unge kvinnene gir ham ly og pleie, samtidig som det oppstår en seksuell spenning og farlige rivaliseringer når McBurney forfører flere av jentene. Tabuer brytes og hendelsene tar en uventet vending.

Angela de Marco is fed up with her gangster husband's line of work and wants no part of the crime world. When her husband is killed for having an affair with the mistress of mob boss Tony "The Tiger" Russo, Angela and her son depart for New York City to make a fresh start. Unfortunately, Tony has set his sights upon Angela -- and so has an undercover FBI agent looking to use her to bust Tony.

Two veterans of the Bosnian War, one American, one Serbian, clash in the remote Smoky Mountain wilderness.

A young black woman discovers that her father was a sperm donor, and if that wasn't bad enough, he's white.