Taksikuski Korben Dallas elää 2200-luvun New Yorkissa. Eräänä tavallisena päivänä hän saa hyvin epätavallisen matkustajan, ja tulee vedetyksi mukaan maailman tuholta pelastavan, viidennen elementin, ajojahtiin. Salaperäinen, kaunis punapäinen avaruusolio, Leeloo, on villin ajojahdin keskipisteenä, julman Zorgin ja hänen raakalaismaisten alamaistensa tehdessä kaikkensa kaaoksen luomiseksi.
Samantha on lahjakas muusikko ja rakastaa poikaystäväänsä Iania – vaikka tämä keskittyykin lähinnä työhönsä. Samantha on romantikko, Ian realisti. Samantha uskoo kohtaloon, Ian kylmiin tosiasioihin. Mutta sitten Samantha joutuu kohtalokkaaseen auto-onnettomuuteen. Vasta silloin Ian tajuaa, mitä on menettänyt, ja että Samantha oli koko ajan tärkein osa hänen elämäänsä. Kohtalo on kuitenkin arvaamaton, ja Ian saa vielä mahdollisuuden. Kysymys kuuluu: osaako hän nyt valita oikein? Onko kohtaloa mahdollista muuttaa?
Sidney and Dre can attribute their lifelong friendship and the launch of their careers to one single childhood instant... witnessing the birth of hip-hop on a New York street corner. Now some 15 years later, she is a revered music critic at a national magazine and he is a successful, though unfulfilled, hip-hop record company executive. Both come to realize that their true life passions will only be fulfilled by remembering what they learned that day on the corner.
Kolme ihmistä, kolme uskomatonta tarinaa. Kaikki tapahtumat sijoittuvat sadan lontoolaiskadun alueelle.
A day in the life of a Chicago cab driver is examined as he picks up fares from the good and bad parts of the city and emotionally connects to many of his passengers.
Taksikuski Harris juuttuu yövuorollaan pimeään aikaluuppiin, josta ei ole paluuta, muistamatta mitään aikaisemmasta elämästään. Kun viehättävä asiakas Penny istuutuu taksin takapenkille, hänestä tulee kuskin ainoa apu arvoituksen ratkaisemisessa. Mutta äkkiä nainen katoaa takapenkiltä jäljettömiin. Harris nollaa taksamittarin ja yhtäkkiä Penny ilmestyy taas kyytiin. Kuski on juuttunut lopullisesti hämärän rajamaille – hänen ainoa mahdollisuutensa palata normaaliin maailmaan on toistaa tapahtumaa ja yrittää muistaa mahdollisimman paljon. Vai onko kaikella jokin aivan toinen tarkoitus?
Through an immigrant cab driver, our world collides with a nervous filmmaker, a lawyer whose new breasts her ex-boyfriend wants to see, a mystery man, a gay man who might or might not have AIDS, and a birthday girl who got stood up. It is a mixture of laughter and sadness, all floating on a sea of philosophy.
For Michael Shiver, life as an easy-going cab driver in New York suddenly changes when he picks up supermodel Sarah Easton and falls head over heels in love. But Sarah has more than just passion on her mind; she also has a husband and a glamorous lifestyle that she can't seem to leave behind. Torn between her feelings for Michael and the security of her marriage, Sarah is forced to make a realistic decision about the sacrifices that must be made to be truly and totally in love.
In New York City, Thom is broke and jobless, illegally working as a taxi driver. Claire is a successful business-woman, but personally she's in shambles - then comes the phone call that her estranged father is in the hospital. Not knowing what to do, Claire hops in Thom's cab and orders him to just drive and so he does. They find themselves in Pennsylvania and Claire makes the rash decision to drive across the country to California. On the road, there are many detours as the obstacles and secrets force them to learn about themselves and each other.
Prof. Millard pretends to be dead and helps Jeff King ferret out Vulcan, the evil traitor at the science academy. Donning his Rocket Man costume King goes from one hair raising rescue to the next in order to keep the newly invented Decimator out of the clutches of Vulcan and his minions.
A New York cab driver helps an Irish immigrant with a baby locate her missing husband.
After nearly running over him with her cab, Patty Mitchell picks up a fare who claims to have amnesia. As he fumbles to remember the basic facts of his identity, Patty becomes interested in the stranger and decides to help him in his search. But as the pieces of the puzzle begin to fall into place, and Patty's interest becomes more personal, the stranger finds that he is the prime suspect in a murder case.
Amidst a backdrop of growing violence and intimidation, independent cab drivers struggling against a consolidated juggernaut rally around hot-tempered Matt Nolan. Nolan is determined to keep competition alive on the streets, even if it means losing the woman he loves.
An unemployed doctor turned cab driver becomes a local hero when he converts his taxi into a mobile clinic.
When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is sentenced to death for a murder that he wasn't involved in. Though no one is willing to listen to the innocent prisoner's pleas for freedom, Brick's faithful fiancée, Mary, knows that her lover is innocent because she was with him when the crime was committed. As the scheduled execution draws ever nearer, Mary begins to investigate the murder herself.
When a friendly cabbie tells two young sisters the story of a boy named Leo who moved to Manhattan with his family, a magical adventure begins. While adjusting to the big city and enjoying the days leading up to Christmas, Leo accidentally loses his dog Ramona in Central Park. Leo is devastated by his loss until a magical creature named Little Spirit appears.
Antonio is a fallen angel, a rootless chauffeur in Rome, who relates only to the lonely heroes in the science fiction novels he grew up with. Only through a chance meeting with Maria, a woman struggling to hold onto her daughter and her business, does he discover a hope that's been in his detached existence.
A cabbie and petty thief dreams of the big heist that will end his thieving ways.
Pakistani taxi-driver Parvez and prostitute Bettina find themselves trapped in the middle when Islamic fundamentalists decide to clean up their local town.
