Ambientada en un poble costaner de Florida, Gifted explica la història de Frank Adler, un home solter que cria la seva neboda Mary després de la mort de la seva mare. La nena té una gran habilitat per a les matemàtiques i la seva àvia Evelyn ho sap bé. Mentre que el seu oncle intenta que la vida de la petita sigui tan normal com sigui possible i que gaudeixi de la seva infància, Evelyn té altres plans per a ella. Com a conseqüència, Frank es veurà obligat a lluitar desesperadament per la seva custòdia.
Nova York, anys 50. La Therese Belivet, una jove dependenta d'uns grans magatzems de Manhattan que somia amb una vida millor, coneix un dia la Carol Aird, una dona elegant i sofisticada que es troba atrapada en un matrimoni infeliç.
On Christmas Eve, divorced dad Scott Calvin and his son discover Santa Claus has fallen off their roof. When Scott takes the reins of the magical sleigh, he finds he is now the new Santa, and must convince a world of disbelievers, including himself.
Sam Dawson (Sean Penn) és un deficient mental que haurà de lluitar per conservar la custòdia de la seva filla, ja que l'Estat considera que no està capacitat per fer-se càrrec de la seva educació. De la seva defensa se n'encarregarà una prestigiosa advocada, Rita Harrison (Michelle Pfeiffer), el desinterès i la fredor inicial del qual canviaran després de conèixer Sam, descobrir l'amor que sent per la seva filla i comprovar la seva determinació per defensar els seus drets com a pare.
El fantasma d'una escolar aguaita una dona divorciada i la seva filla jove després de mudar-se a un vell edifici.
L'executiu publicitari Ted Kramer aconsegueix el millor compte de l'agència el mateix dia que la seva dona decideix divorciar-se, deixant-lo només amb el seu fill de 7 anys. Comença així una dura etapa en què haurà d'exercir de pare solter d'un nen que troba a faltar la seva mare i, alhora, no descuidar la seva carrera professional. Quan després d'un temps sembla que la relació amb el seu fill va millorant, la mare apareix per demanar la custòdia del nen.
En el passat, l'arquitecte Paul Kersey va saber què era que la seva família i altres éssers estimats li fossin arrencats del seu costat per diferents delinqüents. Ara, Kersey sembla haver aconseguit definitivament la pau al costat d'Olivia, una bella dissenyadora de modes. Però Tommy, l'ex-marit d'ella i cap d'una banda de matons, torna a entrar a la seva vida i li propina una brutal pallissa quan Olivia es nega a pagar la seva protecció. Sabent que no té proves per acudir a la llei, Kersey tornarà a empunyar la pistola per defensar els que estima.
Bobby Rayburn ho ha estat tot al beisbol. A l'ocàs de la seva carrera aconsegueix un gran contracte per tornar als San Francisco Giants, l'equip de la seva ciutat natal. Un dels seus seguidors, Gil Renard, aconsegueix oblidar els seus problemes personals (una exdona que l'odia, un fill que el tem i una feina que està a punt de perdre) gràcies a la seva obsessió pel beisbol. Tant és així que està disposat a fer el que sigui perquè Rayburn torni a ser el millor.
Monty is a mechanic struggling to make ends meet as he raises his three young daughters. When the court awards custody of his daughters to his shady ex-wife, Monty desperately tries to win them back with the help of Julia, a beautiful, Ivy League-educated attorney. Monty and Julia couldn't be less alike, but a flame is ignited... touching off a firestorm of love and conflict.
A Broadway actress with a problematic past falls hard for the author of her new play.
Stefan and Dolly Oblonsky have had a spat and Stefan has asked his sister, Anna Karenina, to come down to Moscow to help mend the rift. Anna's companion on the train from St. Petersburg is Countess Vronsky who is met at the Moscow station by her son. Col. Vronsky looks very dashing in his uniform and it's love at first sight when he looks at Anna and their eyes meet.
A young American painter and his French wife move with their small daughter to the US when the husband's father dies. His mother takes an instant dislike to the wife, and when she finds out that her daughter-in-law is a nudist who once posed naked for an artist, she declares her son's wife to be an unfit mother and sets out to break up the marriage--which may not be difficult to do, as the son is a weak-willed "mama's boy" who's terrified to stand up against his domineering mother.
Journalist Meredith Redmond is a battered Canadian woman who flees Canada to escape her abusive husband, Robert. She settles in Seattle, but her now-remarried ex-husband eventually finds her. To protect her two children, she must choose between killing him herself, hiring someone to kill him, or disappearing with her children and assuming new identities. Based on a true story.
Freewheeling wanderer Jerry Day and his beautiful wife Toni are at odds over their lifestyle. Jerry can't accept responsibility, but Toni yearns for a family and a settled life. Then the Days 'rediscover' Jerry's young daughter Pennie, who has been living with his rich deceased wife's family. Pennie appears to be just what Jerry needs to mend his swindling ways and lead a straight life. Then a corruptible influence enters his life.
A lesbian mother fights to keep her son when a custody suit is brought by her ex-husband.
Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his grandfather are inseparable. Gramps is concerned for Pud's future and wary of a scheming relative who seeks custody of the child. One day Mr. Brink, an agent of Death, arrives to take Gramps "to the land where the woodbine twineth." Through a bit of trickery, Gramps confines Mr. Brink, and thus Death, to the branches of a large apple tree, giving Gramps extra time to resolve issues about Pud's future.
Study of interracial marriage in the 1960s. A white divorcée falls in love with and marries an African-American man. When her ex-husband sues for custody of her child, arguing that a mixed household is an improper place to raise the girl, the new husband fights for his parental rights in court, fighting against a judge who represents the prejudices of the era.
A steelworker and his aspiring wife make millions when they become partners in a dyeworks. Unfortunately, success does not bring happiness.
Rich, bisexual Thomas makes his way through a swath of lovers of both sexes in Paris. His parents have died, and he doesn't have to work to earn a living, so his days are bacchanalia-filled affairs that run into each other in a hazy bliss. The only one capable of eking out genuine affection from him is his neighbor, Caroline. When she dies and leaves her son in his care, Thomas learns the joys of commitment and selflessness.
Two orphans named Jory and Tess live with their grandparents. However, their cousins Bart and Bertha try to take them away because the two kids have trust funds from their dead parents. When Bart and Bertha kidnap the newborn puppies, Rusty the dog decides to save them.