En ligesnøret bankdirektør er ved at gifte sig med sit livs kærlighed. Da hans bank holdes oppe af berygtede spøgelsesbanditter i løbet af hans bryllupsuge, tror han på, at hans kommende svigerforældre, der lige er ankommet til byen, er de berygtede Out-Laws.
Dybt inde i de store skove i det nordvestlige USA bor en meget anderledes far med sine seks børn. Ben har viet sit liv til at sikre, at hans børn bliver stærke, veluddannede og selvstændige individer. Men en dag tvinges familien til at forlade deres skovparadis og bevæge sig ud i civilisationen. Her møder de en helt ny verden, hvor Bens idealer om frihed og det at være far bliver sat på en alvorlig prøve.
On the way to meet with an independent artist in the South, newlywed art dealer Madeleine is convinced by her husband, George, that they should stop to meet his family in North Carolina. Madeleine's affluent lifestyle clashes with the family, but she befriends George's wide-eyed and pregnant sister-in-law, Ashley, who is nearing her due date. Through the family, Madeleine gains greater insight into George's character.
Hvis man endelig skal være utro... Kan man lige så godt lade det blive i familien! Da Paul (Lee) morgenen efter sin polterabend vågner op ved siden af den forrygende klappevenlige og ret dejlige Becky (Stiles), må han anstrenge sig for at fyre en lynhurtig forklaring af til sin forlovede, Karen (Blair). For er det egentlig muligt at gradbøje utroskab? Ok, Paul prøver, men fra det sekund han har sagt den første hvide løgn, går hans liv direkte fra problemfyldt til katastrofalt! Beckys trusser dukker nemlig op i hans sofa, Beckys ex-fyr viser pludselig piiiinlige fotos af Paul frem og da han oven i købet finder ud af, at Becky rent faktisk er Karens kusine, kan det næsten ikke blive værre. Faktisk er han nemlig blevet enormt vild med Becky, men kan han for én gangs skyld finde ud af at gøre det rigtige, eller vil han for altid miste muligheden for at blive lykkelig…?!
Kates (Sarah Jessica Parker) krævende job som investeringsrådgiver for at stort firma i Boston betyder, at det er småt med kvalitetstid med ægtefællen Richard (Greg Kinnear) og parrets to små børn. Faktisk hænger hverdagen kun sammen, fordi Kate laver to-do-lister om natten og snyder med den hjemmebagte kage til datterens skolearrangement. Da et projekt på arbejdet kræver, at Kate ofte rejser til New York, begynder skemaerne at falde fra hinanden og den dårlige samvittighed melder sig, da hendes ny, charmerende kollega (Pierce Brosnan) viser interesse.
An alcoholic falls in love with and gets married to a young woman, whom he systematically addicts to booze so they can share his "passion" together.
A geneticist clones his dead wife, over and over, in an attempt to get her back exactly as she was.
Hans datter skal giftes, så Manhatten-tandlægen Sheldon Kornpett har mere at se til, end han kan overskue. Han har aldrig mødt brudgommens far, Vince (som måske/måske ikke er CIA-agent), men han har også haft så meget at se til i lang tid, at det hele rabler for ham. Det eskalerer, da Vince kommer til middag hos familien Kornpett, hvor han begynder at fable om et internationalt plot om stjålen valuta. Der går derfor ikke lang tid, før det hele ender galt.
Newly married Kay Dunstan announces that she and her husband are having a baby, leaving her father to come to grips with the fact that he will soon be a granddad.
Shop owner Alice Chapman is nervous to meet her future in-laws at Christmas, especially because she is arriving ahead of her new fiance Will Mitchum. Alice's trip becomes more stressful when her luggage is lost and her phone is damaged, leaving her no way to find Will's family!
A nightclub dancer shakes the foundations of a wealthy farming family after she marries into it.
Charming LA architect Harrison, also a great cook and lover, gets engaged to Cate, a San Francisco landscape architect he meets while collaborating on a major project, after they get locked in by a malfunctioning elevator. She moves to LA for him and volunteers, while he's on mission in Tokyo, to mind his widowed mother Evelyn, still a major force in his life. However Cate gets paranoid when feeling weak and hearing rumors that his former girlfriend disappeared mysteriously years earlier, even cancels the engagement. Then the truth gets out, clearing Harrison and uncovering a lurking danger.
Following both the death of her father-in-law and a divorce, Jesse, a New Yorker, returns to a small town to live with her now widowed mother-in-law. Jesse struggles to fit in with the local townsfolk who don’t welcome her with open arms to say the least. Jesse becomes acquainted with the local pastor, her widowed brother-in-law, falling in love with him, much to the dismay of the community. Things get even more complicated when her ex-husband comes calling, suspiciously trying to win her back. Between her love life and entangled in-laws, Jesse is tested as she seeks the answer to where she truly belongs.
After a whirlwind courtship and marriage, a young woman, Audrey, relocates with her husband, Xander, to his hometown after the death of Xander's father. Immediately, Audrey begins to suspect that there may be more to her father-in-law's death than a simple accident, and Xander's sexy, seductress of a stepmother, Marlena, may hold the key.
Kærlighedshistorien fortsætter. Ryan O'Neal er tilbage som Oliver Barrett IV i Oliver's Story, der er baseret på Erich Segals efterfølger til Love Story. Candice Bergen viser elegant og charmerende skuespil i rollen som en nyligt fraskilt karrierekvinde ved navn Marcie Bonwit. De danner det perfekte par - begge er rige og smukke, begge er selvstændige og alligevel sårbare på grund af forliste forhold, og begge er tilbageholdende med at binde sig igen. Via forholdet til Marcie begynder Oliver dog at tro på livet igen - og på kærligheden.
Two college friends, now in their thirties, admire each others' lives and feel trapped in their own. Wes, tied to a demanding career and responsibilities to family, extends a work trip to drag his dispirited artist friend Luke to find Luke's "one that got away."
Five thirty-something men in as many separate segments struggle to grapple with the relentless absurdity of their respective existences.
Frannie Vaughn (Fawcett) comes back home after being away a long time, only to find that her mother has died. She also finds out that her sister, Natalie (Crow) and her husband, Jake (Bryce), are planning to sell the acres once owned by Frannie and Natalie's family. To buy the land back from her sister, Frannie gets a job and falls in love with a fellow worker, Rubin (Johnson). In the end, Frannie's dreams come true and Natalie comes to her senses and moves in to the old family house with Frannie and Rubin.
A high living society playboy marries a nightclub singer, and she soon realizes that, though they're genuinely in love, the husband's endless partying completely dominates and is destroying their marriage.
A medical student marries a millionaire's daughter but insists they live on the money he earns.