Klasický príbeh lásky a nenávisti hovorí o osudoch piatich krásnych sestier Bennetových, ktoré ich matka vedie pevnou rukou k životnému názoru, podľa ktorého je žena šťastná len vtedy, keď sa bohato vydá. Jediná Elizabeth sa tomuto modelu zatiaľ úspečne vzpiera, plne podporovaná detinským otcom. Keď sa v blízkom zámočku zabýva slobodný a hlavne bohatý pán Bingley, všetci Bennetovci, na čele s matkou zavetria šancu na výhodný sobáš. Najstaršia dcéra Jane, citlivé a krásne dievča pánovi Bingleymu okamžite podľahne. Mladšia Elizabeth sa pozdáva jeho priateľovi pánovi Darcymu, ktorý však vyzerá ako veľký snob a naviac mu podľa všetkého prsty v kríze, ktorá neskôr naruší vzťah Jane a pána Bingleyho. Je možné jedného človeka rovnako vášnivo nenávidieť a milovať?
Do seba zahľadený jazykovedec Herry Higgins uzavrie stávku, že prostoreké dievča z ulice je možné za šesť mesiacov premeniť na šarmantnú a sofistikovanú dámu, ktorú uvedie na ples spoločenskej smotánky. Zmätená a očarená Eliza Doolittle sa pomaly mení. Ale v krásnych šatách a s vybraným spoločenským správaním už prestáva patriť do svojho bývalého sveta a nový svet tiež nie je jednoduchý.
In a small Jewish community in a pre-Revolutionary Russian village, a poor milkman, determined to find good husbands for his five daughters, consults the traditional matchmaker – and also has words with God.
A wrongfully convicted boy is sent to a brutal desert detention camp where he must dig holes in order to build character. What he doesn't know is that he is digging holes in order to search for a lost treasure hidden somewhere in the camp.
Benátky, 16. storočie. Násilnícky židovský úžerník Shylock je ešte horší ako jeho zlá povesť. Nevynechá žiadnu príležitosť, aby si vychutnal problémy kresťanských šľachticov, ktorých chce zaviesť do svojho domu. Jedného dňa lichvára požiada o pôžičku vážený kupec Antonio, ktorého mladý priateľ Bassanio zúfalo potrebuje peniaze, aby získal ruku svojej milovanej Portie. Keď však Antonio nedokáže peniaze včas splatiť, Shylock si môže vybiť svoje roky ponižovania a opovrhovania na nenávidenom svete aj s úrokmi. Cena, ktorú musí Antonio zaplatiť, bude skutočne bolestivá. Klasická hra Williama Shakespeara ožíva s novou naliehavosťou v rukách režiséra Michaela Radforda. Nadčasový príbeh rozpráva nielen o náhode a osude, ktoré riadia ľudské životy, ale aj o antisemitizme. S využitím špičkového hereckého obsadenia a s dôrazom na vizuálnu krásu svojich filmových obrazov sa Radford vydal cestou klasickej adaptácie.
Holly Hamilton je normálne dospievajúce dievča, ktoré už unavuje sťahovať sa vždy, keď jej slobodná matka Jean prechádza partnerskou krízou. Aby ju uchránila pred ďalšou nesprávnou voľbou, vymyslí si dokonalý plán s dokonalým mužom - imaginárnym tajným ctiteľom, ktorý si s Jean niečo začne a zdvihne jej upadajúce sebavedomie. Avšak keď sa tento virtuálny vzťah začne uskutočňovať, Holly sa ocitá pred úlohou stvoriť nápadníkovu podobu. A tak si ako tvár, ktorá sa skrýva za všetkými listami a darčekmi, požičia šarmantného strýka svojej kamarátky. Postupom času musí Holly podnikať stále zúfalejšie kroky, aby svoju malú lesť nepokazila a uchránila mamino novo nabité šťastie. Ale nezmešká tak Jean toho naozajstného pána dokonalého, až sa objaví?
Italy, 16th century. Petruchio, a choleric, lying and poor rural landowner from Verona, arrives in Padua in search of fortune and a wife, while Baptista, a wealthy merchant, announces that he will not allow Bianca, his youngest daughter, to marry until the temperamental and unruly Katherina, his eldest daughter, does.
A recalcitrant thief vies with a duplicitous Mongol ruler for the hand of a beautiful princess.
Based on the true events of the only case in US History where a spirit caused the death of a man.
To stop Pinkie's widowed, struggling mother Dottie from marrying a well-off older man they know she doesn't love, teenager Pinkie and her best friend Buzz kidnap her in the family travel trailer to live a carefree life on the open road. They then get the idea to find Dottie a financially secure husband whom both she and Pinkie would like.
In a time in the Philippines when the concept of divorce does not exist, a young woman has an affair with a married man. Eventually, they move in together, and that is when the problems start.
A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth and beauty.
The Professor will not allow his daughter to marry a non-musician, but Billy, her would-be suitor, cannot play a single note. When he is about to give up, Billy’s roommate suggests bluffing his way into the Professor’s favor with the aid of a suitably musical disguise and a well-hidden phonograph player.
College town life gets turned upside down after a button-down botany professor secretly weds a sizzling night-club singer.
The Winfield family moves into a new house in a small town in Indiana. Tomboy Marjorie Winfield begins a romance with William Sherman who lives across the street. Marjorie has to learn how to dance and act like a proper young lady. Unfortunately William Sherman has unconventional ideas for the time. His ideas include not believing in marriage or money, which causes friction with Marjorie's father, who is the local bank vice president
Mirian Wilkins, the teenage daughter of Senator Wilkins, starts a Society for the Rehabilitation of Criminals and, without the approval or knowledge of her father, elects him to the position of honorary president. When the family's new gardener, Baxter, turns out to be a notorious ex-convict who was sentenced to prison by Senator Wilkins when he was a judge, Wilkins considers firing him until his daughter points out that would be an unwise decision considering the position her father held on society.
An aging Southern belle's preoccupation with her past and her dreams for her children's futures threaten to smother her painfully shy daughter and her aspiring writer son.
A stewardess becomes romantically involved with an airline pilot, a college professor, and a successful businessman...all of whom are named Mike. When the three find out about each other, she has to decide which one she loves the most.
A play by Victoria Wood. Frances is 28, single and happy, despite ritual interrogation from her family as to why she's not married. Then she meets Jim, and finds she has decisions to make.
Prizefighter Jimmy Nolan, facing an opportunity to get a championship fight, is knocked out when he sustains what is apparently a permanent injury to his arm. From there, Nolan's path leads downhill. He is drawn into a romance with a nightclub entertainer, then is framed on a theft charge by a jealous suitor. After his prison term, Nolan makes a spectacular comeback in a fight which proves his courage and integrity, while disproving the fallacy about the old sports adage that "they never come back."