Birdee Pruitt (Sandra Bullock) parece tenerlo todo: lleva años felizmente casada con el apuesto novio que se echó en el instituto, tiene una buena casa, y una hija despierta y sensible. Pero cuando su espléndida vida se desmorona a su alrededor, Birdee tendrá que comenzar de cero. Sin ningún otro lugar al que dirigirse, nuestra antigua reina de la belleza, acompañada de su hija Bernice (Mae Whitman) toma de nuevo el camino de Smithville (Texas), su hogar. Allí todo se le complica aún más. Tendrá que lidiar con una madre (Gena Rowlands), a la que, en realidad, ha de empezar a conocer ahora; ocuparse de una hija que añora desesperadamente a su padre; y enfrentarse a la perspectiva de volverse a enamorar. Pero a medida que Birdee, dominada por el desasosiego, emprende su nuevo camino, empezará a encontrar las fuerzas que necesita para reconstruir su vida.

La historia de una familia en Waco, Texas, en 1956. El hijo mayor es testigo de la pérdida de la inocencia y lucha contra las conflictivas enseñanzas de sus padres.

A casa de sus familiares, en el tranquilo pueblo de Santa Rosa, llega un día el encantador tío Charlie (Joseph Cotten), un seductor criminal que viaja de Filadelfia a California y al que la justicia va pisando los talones. Su sobrina Charlie, a pesar de que no sabe nada de sus actividades, no tardará en sospechar que su tío es el misterioso asesino de viudas al que la policía anda buscando.

Un atractivo vividor coincide en el tren con una joven ingenua que acabará teniendo que pagarle el billete. Más adelante, vuelven a encontrarse en una fiesta y, tras un breve romance, ella decide casarse con él, a pesar de la oposición de su padre. Considerada por todos, incluida su familia, una solterona, está empeñada en demostrarles que alguien la puede amar.

Francisco José debe casarse y, aunque su madre ya ha pensado en Helena, una joven princesa bávara, el emperador se enamora perdidamente de Elizabeth (Sissi), una joven espontánea y poco convencional que detesta el rígido protocolo de la Corte de los Habsburgo. A pesar de que su decisión de casarse con ella no cuenta con la aprobación de su madre, la boda se celebrará.

En un momento de gran auge del poder de la mafia, Walter Brown debe acompañar a una mujer para que testifique en un juicio en Los Ángeles. Ella es la viuda de un gángster que ha sido asesinado. La Mafia, sin embargo, está dispuesta a evitar la comparecencia de la mujer al precio que sea...

An Iowa drugstore owner becomes embittered when his son is killed in World War II. The druggist believes that the boy's life was cut short before he had an opportunity to truly appreciate his existence.

An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying the girl he loves. His latest attempt is the Maxford House Coffee Slogan Contest. As a joke, some of his co-workers put together a fake telegram which says that he won the $25,000 grand prize.

Rancher Clay Travers finds and brings in the body of ranger Frank Mattison, murdered on the road to Trail City, where he had been sent to deal with an outbreak of cattle rustling. Businessman Art Kenyon, who has hired gunman Ed Martin to impersonate Mattison to further his rustling schemes, quickly changes Martin's story and has Travers framed for the ranger's murder. Managing to escape, Travers must come up with proof to clear his name and bring the true killers to justice.

Geared more for the home crowd with a good knowledge of their own history, this Romanian political comedy takes place at the turn of the 20th century, when two opposing factions are going at each other tooth and nail to win an election. One candidate is a staunch if not deluded conservative and the other is a radical liberal. Anticipating modern election campaigns by a good half a century, the two candidates decide that the best way to win is to sling as much mud as possible. Lacking the Internet and fifteen-second TV spots, they do the best they can -- they send each other virulent telegrams denouncing each other's personal failings.

Ruth Raymond works on the telephone switchboard of a large NYC office building. One day, a private detective informs her that she is actually the daughter of railroad tycoon Luke Carson, and that she had been kidnapped as a baby 14 years ago by Luke's vindictive brother Elwood, and placed with strangers.

Elisa has not seen her father Luis for nine years, but she receives a telegram from her sister Isabel in a moment of crisis of her marriage with Antonio telling that her father is ill and she decides to travel to the countryside of Madrid with Isabel and her brother-in-law Julián and their two children to visit Luis for his birthday. Elisa decides to stay with his father when her sister returns to Madrid with her family and she gets closer to Luis, understanding why he left her mother years ago. Later she tells him that Antonio cheated her with her best friend Sophie and their relationship has ended. When Antonio unexpectedly arrives in the house, Elisa takes a decision about her life.

Directed by Philip Ford in 1948. When cowboy Monte Hale (Monte Hale) returns home to investigate his uncle's murder, he's mistaken for a fierce outlaw and is hired by the town's corrupt mayor, Lance Dawson (Douglas Evans), as the new sheriff. But Monte secretly works to undermine Dawson's land-grabbing schemes. Monte defends the feisty owner (Lorna Gray) of a gold mine that Dawson covets, although she is suspicious of the cowpoke's loyalties and demands that he prove himself.

Bugs Bunny exploits the situation when an uncle leaves Elmer Fudd three million dollars on the condition that he harm no animals, especially rabbits.

Civilized wife doesn't protest when husband runs off with uncivilized professional golfer pretending to be civilized.

Ambrose likes his mother's assistant, but when she inherits a fortune, the obstacles to their relationship keep mounting.