Six vignettes follow the Allied invasion from July 1943 to winter 1944, from Sicily north to Venice.

After the end of WWII, a young Lithuanian woman and a young Italian man from Stromboli impulsively marry, but married life on the island is more demanding than she can accept.

Set in the early 1970s, it tells the story of a Chinese-Japanese student who returns to her native Hong Kong after graduating from a university in London. Once she arrives back home, she and her family begin to fight, largely due to cultural and societal conflicts between her mother and herself.

Farmer Jabez Stone, about to lose his land, agrees to sell his soul to the devil, known as Mr. Scratch, who gives Jabez seven years to enjoy the fruits of his sale before he collects. Over that time, Jabez pays off his debts and helps many neighboring farmers, then becomes an advocate for the upstanding Sen. Daniel Webster. When Jabez's contract with Mr. Scratch concludes, he desperately turns to Webster to represent him in a trial for his soul.

Normandy, 1819. Jeanne is a young woman full of childish dreams and innocence when she returns home after finishing her schooling in a convent. She marries a local Viscount, Julien de Lamare, who soon reveals himself to be a miserly and unfaithful man. Little by little Jeanne’s illusions are stripped away.

Rome 1943. The German Commandant of the city causes a turmoil in the Jewish community by offering them what seems to be an expensive way out of imprisonment and death.

Suddenly appearing in Florence, an evil seductress causes Cesare, the city's ruler, and his son to both fall madly in love with her. The son, killing his father before an order to torture the woman can be carried out, then turns the city's churches into dens of sexual debauchery. Acts of evil and corruption continue unabated until the arrival of Death, who brings with her a horrible plague which she is about to loose upon the city.

Rokuheita Narumi is fascinated by oriental art and works as the director of the Saho Art Museum in Nara. His wife, Noriko, is unable to leave Tokyo, despite his wishes, and the two live separately. Feeling lonely and neglected by her husband, she immerses herself in the depraved life of the city and continues to have a loveless relationship with a doctor, Katsumori. One day, Narumi arrives in Tokyo and learns of Noriko's affair, but he cannot divorce her for the sake of their child, so he devotes himself to his work.

The story of a group of Sicilian miners and their families decide to illegally cross the border to France and their hardships.

A frivolous country girl married to a naïve small-town doctor goes down the path of destruction when she grows tired of her limited social status.

Uromageren Danny dropper ud af skolen for at hjælpe sin far. Godt i gang med en kriminel løbebane ser fremtiden ikke alt for lys ud for Danny, men heldigvis kan knægten synge og får job hos bundreelle barejer Charlie. Desværre har den lokale gangsterchef også fået øjnene op for Dannys talent, og han skyer ingen midler for at få fat i Danny.

Komikeren Bill Burr indtager scenen og lukker op for et knivskarpt show, der i en grov tone laver grin med plastikkirurgi, reality tv, grådige kvinder og meget mere.

Året er 1944. Mussolini er faldet, og Roms gader giver genlyd af nazisternes støvletramp. I centrum for fortællingen finder vi en kvindelig arbejder, en katolsk præst og en modstandsmand, der alle personificerer det almindelige menneskes kamp mod overmagten. Rossellinis film (med manuskript af en blot 24-årig Fellini) blev indspillet i slutningen af 2. verdenskrig. Størstedelen af rollerne er besat af amatører, og filmen er skudt uden brug af kunstigt lys eller fast monteret kamera, hvilket giver den et usædvanligt realistisk præg. Filmen førte til en æstetisk revolution indenfor filmkunsten, og den var det første betydende værk inden for neorealismen under den italienske films storhedstid efter krigen.

L'Amore ('Love') is a 1948 Italian drama anthology film that consists of two parts, The Human Voice (Una voce umana), based on Jean Cocteau's 1929 play of the same title, and The Miracle (Il miracolo), based on Ramón del Valle-Inclán's 1904 novel Flor de santidad.

Magali, forty-something, is a winemaker and a widow: she loves her work but feels lonely. Her friends Rosine and Isabelle both want secretly to find a husband for Magali.

A doctor tries to woo a grieving, widowed firefighter in her attempt to get him to testify on her behalf in a medical malpractice case.

Phillipa Paccard (Cate Blanchett) er en britisk lærerinde, der har set adskillige af sine venner, inklusiv sin kæreste, blive trukket ind i et stofmisbrug. Som reaktion har Philippa gennem flere år kontaktet de lokale myndigheder med information om områdets største narkoforhandler, men hun er konstant blevet ignoreret. Nu beslutter hun sig for at tage sagen i egen hånd. Mistænkt for mord bliver hun arresteret, og alt virker håbløst, indtil hun træffer Filippo, en ung politimand, som viser sig at kunne give hende støtte og venskab.

Told from the perspective of two children, and in four parts which run parallel to seasons, The Small Town describes the relationships between members of a small-town family. Both brother and sister witness the complexities of the adult world, as well as the mysteries of life and nature.

"En for alle og alle for en!", som er slagordene for De tre musketerer, runger gennem Frankrig i 18. århundrede. Det drejer sig om at forsvarer Dronningens ære og liv mod den intrigante hofmand og mod den snue Lady de Winter. Men ædle D'Artagnan stiller op mod angriberne. Et genialt eksempel på storslået eventyr, fantastiske fægtescener, dristigt ridt, skønne kvinder og flotte helte dammen med en passende portion humor.

Den gribende historie om den forældreløse Oliver Twist har berørt mennesker verden over i mere end et århundrede. Lille Oliver vokser op på et børnehjem, men bliver smidt ud og havner hos den onde bandeleder Fagin og hans medhjælpere. Hos Fagin tvinges Oliver med i en tyvebande, som hærger Londons gader. Oliver Twist har været en populær fortælling at filmatisere, og der er lavet op imod 20 forskellige indspilninger om Oliver gennem filmhistorien. Mesterinstruktøren David Leans version, med den originale Alec Guiness i rollen som den ubehagelige Fagin, står stadig den dag i dag som den bedste.