Šestnásťročná obézna Afroameričanka Claireece "Precious" Jonesová žije krutý život. Hlavnú hrdinku nielenže psychicky týra a ponižuje jej matka, ale navyše čaká druhé dieťa s neprítomným otcom. Okolitý svet ju nepodporuje a školu absolvuje s dobrými známkami bez toho, aby si niekto všimol, že nevie čítať ani písať. Precious je niekedy na dne, ale nikdy sa nevzdáva. Pod hrozbou vylúčenia zo školy prijme ponuku prestúpiť na alternatívnu školu. Hoci nepozná význam slova alternatívna, jej vnútro jej napovedá, že toto je príležitosť, na ktorú čakala. Tu stretáva trpezlivú učiteľku, pani Rainovú. Precious sa vydáva na novú cestu, ktorá ju vyvedie z temnoty, bolesti a bezmocnosti k láske a slobode voľby.
Painter Francisco Goya becomes involved with the Spanish Inquisition after his muse, Inés, is arrested by the church for heresy. Her family turns to him, hoping that his connection with fanatical Inquisitor Lorenzo, whom he is painting, can secure her release.
Novalee Nation is a 17-year-old Tennessee transient who has to grow up in a hurry when she's left pregnant and abandoned by her boyfriend on a roadside, and takes refuge in the friendly aisles of Wal-Mart. Eventually, some eccentric but kindly strangers 'adopt' Novalee and her infant daughter, helping them buck the odds and build a new life.
Mladá servírka Jenna Huntersonová pracuje v bistre, kde pečú tie najúžasnejšie ovocné koláče, a práve ona je autorkou najlepších receptov. V súkromí už taká úspešná nie je – trápi ju žiarlivý manžel Earl, ktorý jej robí zo života peklo. Jenna si preto tajne šetrí peniaze, aby mohla muža opustiť a osamostatniť sa. Stane sa však niečo neočakávané – otehotnie. Earlovi to zatají a ide za svojou gynekologičkou. Tá odišla do penzie a namiesto nej ordinuje sympatický gynekológ Jim Pomatter. V tej chvíli Jenna netuší, ako sa vzápätí zmení jej život...
Beverly vyrastá v šesťdesiatych rokoch v malom meste a akonáhle sa jej priblíži puberta, zaujímajú ju predovšetkým chlapci. Spoločne s priateľkami vyrazí na večierok, kde sa pokúsi upútať pozornosť miestnej futbalovej hviezdy, do ktorej je beznádejne zamilovaná. Chlapec ju však znemožní a Beverly sa zo smútku vyplakáva v kúpeľni. Tu náhodne narazí na Raya, ktorý sa jej zastane. Beverly je v škole považovaná za chytrú a talentovanú študentku, túži ísť na univerzitu a stať sa spisovateľkou. Jej sen sa zrúti v okamihu, keď zistí, že je v pätnástich tehotná s Rayom.
Pregnant Joey teeters on the brink of madness after several fruitless suicide attempts. She's the unwilling recipient of an influx of shadowy images that haunt her pervasively. In an attempt to quell this disturbing phenomenon, she looks up with her secretive ex-lover Sam, who may be able to shed some light upon the mysterious twilight world descending upon Joey.
Bentzi, Momo, and Yuda'leh are three teenage boys growing up in 1950's Israel, which is not much different from 1950's America if you believe what you see in the film. Of course they are obsessed with one thing - sex. Bentzi is interested in the beautiful Nili, but she prefers his friend Momo.
Legendary "devil violinist" Niccolo Paganini sets all of 19th century Europe into frenzy.
Thirty-year-old Hlynur still lives with his mother and spends his days drinking, watching porn and surfing the net while living off unemployment checks. A girl is interested in him, but he stands back from commitment. His mother's Spanish flamenco teacher, Lola, moves in with them for Christmas. On New Year's Eve, while his mother is away, Hlynur finds out Lola is a lesbian, but also ends up having sex with her. He soon finds out he and his mother are sharing more than a house. Eventually he must find out where he fits into the puzzle, and how to live life less selfishly.
Stephanie collapses in a pool of blood while on a school skiing trip. A doctor discovers that the blood is the after-effects of giving birth. Soon afterward, the body of a newborn baby is found in a toilet, its mouth blocked with toilet paper. Despite Stephanie's insistence that her child was stillborn and that she had no idea that she was pregnant, she is arrested for the murder of the child.
The unborn child of Mamlakat is telling her story. She is 17, beautiful and vivacious, and dreaming secretly of becoming an actress. She lives with her father and brother in a small village in Central Asia. One night she is seduced by an actor from a travelling troupe, who poses as a friend of Tom Cruise, and makes her pregnant. She tries to abort, but her father and brother become determined to find the seducer, setting in motion a cascade of comic adventures.
Carla, the runaway with high aims. Lucie, the street girl. Interchanged identities and a shared baby. Collage of a fateful year.
A love story of a 17 year old punk-rocker and a 15 year old runaway girl.
Nadia is an apathetic 16-year-old girl living in Trieste. She has no friends of sorts, in or outside school. One day, she takes a walk with local no-good Brando, and the boy rapes her. From that moment on, Nadia's life changes forever.
In order not to end up as a lock keeper in the country like his father, 18-year-old Abel wants to go to the USA to become a stuntman. Girlfriend Merle is supposed to come along, but then finds out that she is pregnant.
Tasmania, 1954: Slovenian migrant Melita abandons her husband and young daughter, Sonja. Sonja's distraught father perseveres with his new life in a new country, but he is soon crushed into an alcoholic despair, and Sonja herself abandons him at the earliest opportunity. Now, nearly 20 years later, a single and pregnant Sonja returns to Tasmania's highlands and to her father in an attempt to put the pieces of her life back together.
It's not her turn, but she's pregnant.