Hele den pukkelryggede familien Portokalos bekymrer sig om Toula, som netop har rundet 30 – og stadig er ugift. Toula danser Zorbas dans i sine forældres græske restaurant og med stanken af hvidløgsbrød hængende ved sig sværger hun, at det er tid at komme videre i livet. Da hun, til familiens store fortrydelse, får et job i tantens rejsebureau, møder hun Ian Miller, som hun umuligt kan præsentere for sin far: Ikke nok med at Ian er udlænding, han er også vegetar!
Komediesuccesen om George Banks (Steve Martin), en velmenende far, som forsøger at forberede sin datters bryllup. Problemerne starter, da datteren, faderens øjesten, helt uventet annoncerer sin forlovelse. Der starter nu en hel kæde af forviklinger. Alt, lige fra et kaotisk første møde med den kommende svigersøns familie til en forrygende snestorm på selve bryllupsdagen. Father of the Bride er en genindspilning af den gamle lystspilklassiker af samme navn fra 1950 med Elizabeth Taylor som datteren og Spencer Tracy som faderen.
"Elsa og Fred" er historien om to mennesker, der i slutningen af liv, opdager, at det er aldrig for sent at elske og gøre drømme til virkelighed. Elsa har levet de sidste 60 år og drømt om et øjeblik, Fellini allerede havde forudset: scenen i 'La Dolce Vita' på Fontana di Trevi. Den samme scene uden Anita Ekberg, men med Elsa i stedet.
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.
At a family reunion, the Cooper clan find that their parents' home is being foreclosed. "Temporarily," Ma moves in with son George's family, Pa with daughter Cora. But the parents are like sand in the gears of their middle-aged children's well regulated households. Can the old folks take matters into their own hands?
Nostalgic comic drama in which Cyril and Amos, two veterans of the Normandy landings, return to France to visit the grave of their wartime buddy. They encounter Waldo, an American on a similar mission, and the meeting sparks memories of an old girlfriend from the past. With the mysterious American lady Lisa in their wake, Cyril and Waldo decide to try and track her down.
After a brief flash-forward to Frank Sinatra as an old man, saying "I miss my guys," the movie's main narrative begins during high points in the solo careers of the Rat Pack: Dean Martin has become a big success despite the breakup of his partnership with Jerry Lewis; Sinatra's career is at its peak; Sammy Davis, Jr., is making a comeback after a near fatal car crash, and standup comic Joey Bishop is gaining exposure as an opening act for the other three. The Pack becomes complete when Sinatra reconciles with actor Peter Lawford, who has been ostracized since being seen out publicly with Sinatra's ex-wife, Ava Gardner.
The Baroness de Courtebise presides over an association of mothers-in-law with grievances against their sons-in-law. Armed with her prerogatives, she forbids the marriage of her daughter-in-law to the mayor's nephew, especially as an inheritance is in doubt. The ladies kidnap, the men kidnap, the election campaign turns sour and the Baroness must capitulate. She takes revenge by falling into the mayor's arms.
Uuno's father-in-law councillor Tuura moves to the country with his wife and daughter Elisabeth. Uuno joins them when it turns out Tuura's mansion is on the construction site of a new road. Tuura however is set on preventing this.
In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a series of vignettes illustrate some ways that mothers-in-law irritate, and/or cause problems for, their son-in-law.