Când a rămas însărcinată în Irlanda anului 1952, Philomena Lee a fost trimisă la mănăstirea din Roscrea, unde urma să fie îngrijită ca o "femeie pierdută". Pe când era încă în fașă, fiul i-a fost luat de călugărițe în America și dat spre adopție. Philomena și-a petrecut următorii cincizeci de ani căutându-l în zadar. Oare îl va regăsi?

Considerat unul dintre cele mai bune filme ale lui Charlie Chaplin, Piciul a făcut de asemenea o stea din micuțul Jackie Coogan, care joacă pe un băiat îngrijit de Vagabond când a fost abandonat de mama sa, Edna. Ulterior, Edna are o schimbare de inimă și dorește fă fie reunită cu fiul ei. Când îl găsește și îl răpește de la Vagabond , ea face pentru ceea ce se dovedește a fi una dintre cele mai inimaginabile scene incluse vreodată într-o comedie.

A young man finds himself attracted to a cold and unfeeling waitress who may ultimately destroy them both.

A free-spirited single mother forms a connection with the wedded headmaster of an Episcopalian boarding school in Monterey, California.

A day in the maternity ward from the lens of accepted morals and medical attitudes of 1932. The ward includes women from all walks of life and situations.

A fast-talking reporter befriends a young woman and her male companion who are wanted for a policeman's shooting.

One woman faces many trials on the road to romance after unwittingly marrying a bigamist, then a carnival's barker and then falling for a young engineer.

A small town politician, kept from marrying the love of his life, eventually marries another woman and his career ascends, but he secretly continues the relationship with his true love.

A doctor's marriage to a single mother comes unravelled.

A rural Maine farmer fights for custody of the boy who he's raised as his own.

Alberto Robles, a young doctor, is faced with the decision to surrender to a life full of comforts and luxuries or to continue dedicating himself body and soul to serving those who need it most.

In this Crime Does Not Pay series short, a young woman wants to save her baby, but is afraid of telling her parents and has no money to pay the hospital costs involved. She falls prey to a baby-for-sale racket with quack doctors performing their services.

An unmarried actress in Munich becomes pregnant but decides against marrying the child's father, and eventually moves in with a more agreeable man she meets on a winter sports holiday.