Denne charmerende og anmelderroste fortælling om rygter og ry handler om den anonyme gymnasieelev Olive, som pludselig kommer i søgelyset, da hun beslutter sig til at bruge skolens rygtesmede til at opnå en højere social status. Hendes klassekammerater vender hende ryggen, og hun mødes med bekymring fra skolebestyrelsen – herunder hendes yndlingslærer og skolens forrykte studievejleder. Olive forsøger at tackle sin nyfundne berømmelse og sætte en stopper for rygterne med støtte fra sine skingrende skøre forældre og lidt hjælp fra den fyr, hun længe har været forelsket i.

Rumors of demonic possession at a religious convent prompts a church investigation into the strange goings-on among its nuns. A disaffected priest and his neophyte are confronted with temptation, bloodshed and a crisis of faith.

De to søstre Rose og Maggie Feller er meget forskellige. Rose er den stille og diskrete type, der kæmper for at få en karriere i et advokatfirma, mens Maggie er en rigtig party-pige, der hele tiden skifter kærester og jobs. Da Maggie har en gevaldig nedtur, lader Rose hende flytte ind i sin lejlighed, men Rose svigter Maggie's tillid, og det ender med, at Rose smider hende ud igen. Nu skal der en bedstemor, som begge troede var død, til at bringe søstrene sammen igen.

Eleverne på en prestigefyldt kostskole leger ”ulven kommer” på e-mail. Der er kun tre regler: undgå mistanke, lyv for dine venner og tilintetgør dine fjender. You Lie. You die! En ung kvinde findes myrdet, og for spændingens skyld spreder de unge rygter på mail om en farlig seriemorder: ”The Wolf”. De beskriver de næste mord-ofre udførligt for at se, hvor lang tid der går, før de bliver afsløret. Pludselig begynder de personer, de udpegede som ofre, at dø og nu ved ingen helt, hvor løgnene ender og virkeligheden begynder. Og da rygtemagerne så selv ender op på morderens liste, er legen blevet til skræmmende virkelighed…

Den maniske og asociale Gord Brody er en professionel hængerøv på vej mod de 30. Han drømmer om at blive animator. Da drømmen går i vasken, får han arbejde på en ostefabrik. Gennem en række vanvittige stunts forsøger han at drive sin far til vanvid. Undervejs har Gord en affære med Betty, en nymfoman og videnskabskvinde, der sidder i kørestol.

Tired of their mother's alcoholism and a string of her abusive boyfriends, two sisters plot to kill her.

For a class project, three college students decide to invent an unfounded rumor about the most popular girl on campus. But as the rumor spreads, it begins to spiral out of control.

The Children's Hour (1934, da. Sladder, 1953), viser de vidtrækkende konsekvenser, da en skolepige beskylder to lærerinder for lesbianisme.

Hun begynder at føle sig ensom da hendes venner lukker hende ude af fællesskabet og pludselig er hun offer for cyber-mobning. Teenagepigen Taylor Hillridge får en bærbar computer i fødselsdagsgave og melder sig til et socialt netværk. Hun begynder at føle sig ensom da hendes venner lukker hende ude af fællesskabet og pludselig er hun offer for cyber-mobning.

In a future world, young people are increasingly becoming addicted to an illegal (and potentially deadly) battle simulation game called Avalon. When Ash, a star player, hears of rumors that a more advanced level of the game exists somewhere, she gives up her loner ways and joins a gang of explorers. Even if she finds the gateway to the next level, will she ever be able to come back to reality?

Remy Germain is a doctor in a French town who becomes the focus of a vicious smear campaign, as letters accusing him of having an affair and performing unlawful abortions are mailed to village leaders. The mysterious writer, who signs each letter as "Le Corbeau" (The Raven) soon targets the whole town, exposing everyone's dark secrets.

At a certain park, there is a mysterious man, who has red eyes and a black suit, that people can go to and request him to kill someone. His assassinations can never be blamed on him because he takes no illegal action. His strength is in the power of suggestion and the arrangement of events. He accepts these requests, all the while privately mocking the foolishness of those whose unwise wishes he grants.

On her first day at work, Areum replaces a woman who broke up with the boss. The wife of the boss finds a love note, bursts into the office, and mistakes Areum for the other woman.

With delicate, unobtrusive strokes, Naruse evokes both the humor and bitterness of his characters’ dilemmas, in this bleak, compelling poignant portrait of a quartet of aging geishas contemplating their troubles with men and money.

In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short we see how gossip can be used to spread propaganda or to ruin a person's reputation.

Set during the second world war, the sentimental education of a sensual adolescent girl, growing out of her childhood in a small, impoverished village in Southern Italy.

Tante Benedikte ønsker at hendes nevø Thomas skal arve hende. Hendes eneste problem er, om Thomas nu er en rigtig mand. Hun beslutter uden Thomas viden, at han kun skal arve hvis han kan bevise at han er en mand. Beviset er at Thomas er til øl, øh… og hornmusik. I mellemtiden forsøger Thomas at komme sig over sit forhold til Lisbeth, ved at lægge an på Nina. Nina er interesseret i Thomas, men hun er bange for, at han stadig ser Lisbeth. Da Thomas' ven, Michael, finder ud af, at Thomas vil arve en masse penge hvis han er et dydsmønster, sørger han for at Thomas aldrig kan være alene med en kvinde. Da Michael endelig finder ud af at tanten ikke ønsker et dydsmønster som arving er det måske allerede for sent.

Camille falls on the nose. A stupid fall, apparently benign, but Camille feels her nose moving, growing, inside. The fear of looking like Fabio and his big adolescent body, his grandmother deformed by the disease, the pigs of the old man, seized her. Fear of losing shape.

A group of women are workmates at a laundry. Rike is spreading a rumor about the manager Marta, a rumor that Marta is a lesbian and that she once tried to seduce Rike. This leads to an explosive situation at the workplace.

Arnulfo is a man weaving baskets. Remedios has given birth in front of the house of a woman and her aid, but the village is spread the word that the child born as a child God and an atheist would think exploit to their advantage the "miracle ".