William Parrish er en ekstremt rig og magtfuld mand, der står i spidsen for et verdensomspændende multimedieimperium. På trods af tabet af sin højt elskede kone er William tilfreds med sit liv, og han har et meget tæt forhold til sine to døtre, Allison og Susan. En aften begynder William at vise symptomer på et alvorligt hjerteanfald og får besøg af en mystisk fremmed, Joe Black. Joe er i virkeligheden en dødsengel, der har taget skikkelse som en mand for at besøge William.
Den unge forfatter Paul Varjak flytter ind i en lejlighed i New York og får her den temperamentsfulde og lettere excentriske Holly Golightly som nabo. Hendes livsstil både forvirrer og fascinerer ham. Til de mange fester, hun deltager i, er hun sexet og sofistikeret, men når de er alene sammen, forvandler hun sig til et sødt, men usikkert bundt neuroser. Langsomt forelsker han sig i hende.
Der er kun en uge til Kate Mercers (Charlotte Rampling) 45-års bryllupsdag, og planlægningen af festen løber glat. Men så kommer der et brev til hendes mand, Geoff (Tom Courtenay). Liget af hans første kærlighed er blevet fundet, nedfrosset og bevaret i en gletscher i de schweiziske alper. De følelser og de spørgsmål, som fundet rejser, ændrer fundamentalt Kates syn på hele deres ægteskab og på de fem dage, der er tilbage inden festen, må de finde ud af, om der stadig er et ægteskab at fejre.
Taxi dancer Charity continues to have faith in the human race despite apparently endless disappointments at its hands, and hope that she will finally meet the nice young man to romance her away from her sleazy life. Maybe, just maybe, handsome Oscar will be the one to do it.
Dolls takes puppeteering as its overriding motif, which relates thematically to the action provided by the live characters. Chief among those tales is the story of Matsumoto and Sawako, a young couple whose relationship is about to be broken apart by the former's parents, who have insisted their son take part in an arranged marriage to his boss' daughter.
A beautiful young gold-digger mistakes a lowly hotel clerk as a rich and therefore worthwhile catch.
Thirty-something Hillary Burns has spent her life trying to get the approval of her parents, in the shadow of her more successfully-attached siblings. So when Hillary's fiance, workaholic lawyer Jason King, dumps her because she isn't willing to relocate for his potential promotion, she panics because she had been promising to bring him home to meet her expectant family, whom she does not want to let down! As a last-minute idea, her best friend Sophie convinces her to actually hire someone to "play the role" of Jason for her return home on Thanksgiving.. leading to an interesting combination of sparks & revelations for all involved.
Ken, a WWII GI, returns home after he's paralyzed in battle. Residing in the paraplegic ward of a veteran's hospital and embittered by his condition, he refuses to see his fiancée and sinks into a solitary world of hatred and hostility. Head physician, Dr. Brock cajoles the withdrawn Ken into the life of the ward, where fellow patients Norm, Leo and Angel begin to pull him out of his spiritual dilemma.
Hvad sker der, når alt det vi tager for givet forsvinder, når fremtiden med ét står uforudsigeligt foran os, og vi ikke længere har kontrol over vores hverdag? "Elsker dig for Evigt" handler om fire mennesker og deres pludselige og uforberedte møde med livets skrøbelighed og ikke mindst kærlighedens styrke. Cecilie og Joachim er unge og forelskede. De skal giftes og har livet for sig. Men så går det galt, og pludselig er alting forandret. Ikke kun for Cecilie og Joachim men også for Marie og Niels. Marie og Niels er bege i slutningen af 30’erne og lever i et lykkeligt ægteskab med tre børn, men deres ægteskab sættes på en hård prøve, da Niels forelsker sig lidenskabeligt i Cecilie. Spørgsmålet er om Niels og Cecilie er parate til at opgive alt for deres kærlighed. En ting er sikkert, ingenting kan blive som før.
Apu is a jobless ex-student dreaming vaguely of a future as a writer. An old college friend talks him into a visit up-country to a village wedding. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 1996.
Charlotte and Brandon meet online just after their previous relationships have imploded; in an effort to make themselves more appealing, they have fudged, exaggerated, re-imagined, and outright lied about their pasts in an attempt to be each other's perfect match. Now that they've said their "I do's" they are about to get a funny, hellish, and eye-opening look at just who they've vowed to spend the rest of their lives with. Will familiarity breed contempt... or bliss?
Sara is in crisis. Engaged for one day, she decides to call off her marriage. Quirky, beautiful, and tender, she is working on being bold. Having had a short relationship with a woman in college, Sara seeks that feeling again. How can she have a woman’s touch without giving up men entirely? This question launches Sara on a bittersweet journey filled with self discovery, sexual awakening, beautiful women and sometimes men.
Spendthrift Willie Hale again returns penniless to the family home in London. His father is none too pleased, but Willie smooth-talks him into letting him stay. At the same time he turns the charm on Dorothy Hope, whose father is big in linoleum and who, before Willie's arrival, was about to become engaged to a Russian aristocrat.
Romantic novelist Edith Hope so horrifies her friends that they banish her to the solitude of a Swiss hotel. She decides to work out her exile by observing her fellow guests.
The trio Erik, Arne and Ingrid have been friends since childhood, the two boys always competing for the affection of Ingrid. At the naval academy Erik gets into a fistfight and is expelled, to instead become a captain of a trading ship. Before he leaves Ingrid and Erik are engaged in secret. Later, when Erik is believed to be lost at sea, Ingrid instead gets engaged with Arne.
Cécile teaches English at the Collegium in Bruges. She has a boyfriend, Thomas, a student at the Beaux-Arts. Cécile lives with Mrs. Hanka, who reads horoscopes and surrounds herself with natal charts. She says she's known a lot about people for 30 years.
Crime drama starring Richard Cromwell as a young medic who becomes the private physician to an underworld gang.
Rejected after a marriage proposal, Alex finds himself alone on a journey from Los Angeles to Melbourne, Australia, on what was supposed to be a happy vacation with his new fiancée. Stuck in a mild state of shock, Alex crosses paths with Ronnie - a woman on an adventure of her own - and together they take a grand road trip across Australia's Nullarbor Plain, on their way to Perth.
A following deceit leads Giovanna to dwell over memories from her past relationship.
Tokyo, 1890. Through avarice, a series of misunderstandings, and failures of courage, the engagement of Kan-ichi (a student) and Miya (the daughter of Kan-ichi's debtor) is canceled to enable Miya to marry Tomiyama, a wealthy banker's son. In bitter despair, Kan-ichi breaks with his friends, drops his studies, and declares he has ceased to be human. He apprentices to a money-lender, and he's soon ruthless and wealthy. Several years later, Miya's in misery, her husband mistreats her. She goes to Kan-ichi to beg forgiveness; he pushes her away. He's now pursued by Akagashi, herself a cold-hearted loan shark. Can anything free Kan-ichi's hard heart from the golden demon