Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth.
Locotenentul Caleb Holt se confruntă cu vechea lege nescrisă a pompierilor: să nu-ți abandonezi niciodată partenerul! Când se află în interiorul clădirilor în flăcări se lasă întotdeauna ghidat de extraordinarul său instinct. Cu căsnicia sa, însă, e altă poveste. După un deceniu de căsătorie, Caleb și Catherine Holt s-au îndepărtat atât de mult unul de altul, că sunt gata să se despartă. Și în timp ce se pregătesc de divorț, tatăl lui Caleb îl roagă pe fiul său să încerce un experiment pe care-l numește "Provocarea dragostei". Deși speră că această nouă provocare nu are nimic de-a face cu noua convingere religioasă a părinților, Caleb o acceptă. Va putea el să-și iubească soția, în timp ce evită dragostea pe care i-o arată Dumnezeu? Va fi el în stare să-și demonstreze din nou dragostea pentru o persoană care-i refuză sentimentele? Sau, pur și simplu, e vorba despre altă căsnicie care se duce de râpă?
After moving to Pasadena, Texas, country boy Bud Davis starts hanging around a bar called Gilley's, where he falls in love with Sissy, a cowgirl who believes the sexes are equal. They eventually marry, but their relationship is turbulent due to Bud's traditional view of gender roles. Jealousy over his rival leads to their separation, but Bud attempts to win Sissy back by triumphing at Gilley's mechanical bull-riding competition.
When affluent executive Wayne Hayes is kidnapped by a disgruntled employee and held for ransom in a forest, Wayne’s wife is forced to reckon with the FBI agents as they negotiate with the kidnapper.
Randy Bodek works as a pizza delivery boy at Señor Pizza to make a few extra bucks. Some customers are special, though: When the order is for a pizza with extra anchovies, it means the female customers are looking for some loving. But, as Randy soon learns, life as a professional gigolo can get pretty complicated.
Heli Valkonen is desperately in love with her husband. But Matti is just not in the mood. He is only interested in playing computer games, dressed in worn out fleece pants. For him, a shoulder massage is the highest form of intimacy. When subtle hints, nice words and fetching clothes won't help, Heli resorts in direct, and increasingly direct action - in vain.
Capricious small-town girl Juliette and barge captain Jean marry after a whirlwind courtship, and she comes to live aboard his boat, L'Atalante. As they make their way down the Seine, Jean grows weary of Juliette's flirtations with his all-male crew, and Juliette longs to escape the monotony of the boat and experience the excitement of a big city. When she steals away to Paris by herself, her husband begins to think their marriage was a mistake.
Maryann moves in with her grandparents after she's orphaned. Desperately lonely, she sets out to befriend a neighboring deathly ill, bed-ridden boy, despite the outright disapproval of his mother. Maryann's persistence pays off, however, and during a series of secret visits she gradually uncovers some seriously sinister goings-on in the house.
Richard Cooper este un bărbat căsătorit și tată a doi copii, care este pur și simplu plictisit de viața de căsătorie. Nefăcând sex cu soția sa, el apelează la femeile aleatorii pe stradă, până la punctul în care ia prânzul târziu cu ele. Când bătrâna îndrăgostită Nikki Tru îi vizitează biroul pentru a obține o scrisoare de referință, ea devine obsedată de Cooper și încep o relație complicată.
Tina Balser is a bored New York housewife-mother married to Jonathan, a pompous, social-climbing lawyer who ridicules her in front of their children, criticizing everything she does or wears. She begins an affair with George Prager, a dashing, successful, and blatantly sadistic writer.
Filip buys an 8mm movie camera when his first child is born. Because it's the first camera in town, he's named official photographer by the local Party boss. His horizons widen when he is sent to regional film festivals with his first works but his focus on movie making also leads to domestic strife and philosophical dilemmas.
Leo and Marie are having marital problems because the woman is spending too much time with her pet dogs. This prompts Leo, the art director of ad agency, to have a one-night stand. Marie then confronts her husband about his infidelity and plots her own revenge. Another couple experiencing marital problems featured in the movie is composed of Gabby and Rita. The husband has to deal with premature ejaculation but Rita doesn't mind at all. That is until she meets the very aggressive Gaston (a married meat vendor) who awakens her appetite for lust and forbidden passion.
Botched directions lead a struggling couple to a small Mexican town whose residents have a positive effect on the pair's faltering marriage.
Four married sisters face motherhood, financial, marital and family issues together.
A troubled man survives a suicide attempt. He calls an old friend to rescue him in the middle of the night. Their journey is just beginning, and by daybreak, a tragedy will surface.
Cognac, a pampered poodle and popular star on French television, creates marital problems for his pretty owner Giselle when he becomes jealous of her new husband.
A young married woman who is desperately unhappy is tempted into a lesbian relationship with an interior decorator.
A young, naive heiress is forced into a 'marriage of convenience' with an unemployed cartoonist in an attempt to save her millions - a move orchestrated by the scheming aunt.
Two journalists marry each other but Tore is unhappy that his wife is ambitious in her career instead of their household.
A couple celebrate their tenth anniversary by quarreling their way to divorce court.