Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her idol Norman Maine, is sent for a screen test, and before long attains stardom as newly minted Vicki Lester. She and Norman marry, though his career soon dwindles to nothing due to his chronic alcoholism.

When David, an ex-monk still in his twenties meets Mark, he falls hard; soon he's asked Mark if they can live together. Things go well for awhile, and then differences in their definition of "commitment" begin to push them apart. Mark wants other sexual adventures, David tries to go along. Can they talk through the crisis in their relationship or is a breakup in the offing? David sees his relationship with Mark as a marriage, so if it ends, can David's heart ever heal?

In 1930s fascist Italy, adolescent Luca just lost his mother. His father, a callous businessman, sends him to be taken care of by British expatriate Mary Wallace. Mary and her cultured friends - including artist Arabella, young widow Elsa, and archaeologist Georgie - keep a watchful eye over the boy. But the women's cultivated lives take a dramatic turn when Allied forces declare war on Mussolini.

The film chronicles Perceval's knighthood, maturation and eventual peerage amongst the Knights of the Round Table, and also contains brief episodes from the story of Gawain and the crucifixion of Christ.

Paul reunites with his schoolmate Kim, and finds out she's actually a woman who has transitioned since they last met. She has no desire to stir up the past and they start to fall in love, but Paul's immaturity gets them in trouble.

Mayor Peppone might very well lose the elections and Don Camillo makes sure that the mayor's delinquent son gets his act together while his own niece makes Peppone think she is pregnant by his son.

In 17th-century Salem, Hester Prynne must wear a scarlet A because she is an adulteress, with a child out of wedlock. For seven years, she has refused to name the father. A vigorous older stranger arrives, recognized by Hester but unknown to others as her missing husband. He poses as Chillingworth, a doctor, watching Hester and searching out the identity of her lover. His eye soon rests on Dimmesdale, a young overwrought pastor. Enmity grows between the two men; Chillingworth applies psychological pressure, and the pastor begins to crack. A ship stops in Salem, and Hester sees it as a providential refuge for her daughter, herself, and her lover. But will Dimmesdale flee with her?

The life of St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) as related by followers who gather after his death to tell stories so that Leone can record them: a privileged and virile youth, a prisoner of war, an heir who turns away from his father and gives all to the poor, a beggar for others, and an inspiration to friends who accept the Gospels' life of poverty.

Catania, Sicilia 1854. A serious epidemic of cholera is hitting the region. Maria a 16 years old novice leaves her convent and returns her home to avoid contamination. Here she finds a difficult situation, in fact her stepmother and her half-sisters prevent Maria to live the normal life of a teenager. In their minds Maria is the promised "bride of God" and a regular life for her is inappropriate. Nino, her handsome neighbor, falls in love for Maria who isn't indifferent to him. But when Maria comes back to her convent the way to become nun is compelled. Now Maria can understand Sister Agata, and realizes she became mad cause a lost and impossible love like the one between Maria and Nino.

Two boys are talking after a bicycle accident. The older is bragging about his experience with girls, but is that just a boast?

A dramatic, solemn and refined work, "Per Firenze" spread throughout the world the cry for help that was rising in those hours from the city of Dante and Brunelleschi, giving rise to one of the greatest phenomena of solidarity that has gone down in history under the name of the "mud angels."

Chris er hovedhjernen, der bare vil feste, Mitch er den 16-årige vidunderknægt, og Lazlo har den bedste hjerne i USA, men lever i sin helt egen verden ... nemlig Chris' skab. Selv om de egentlig burde arbejde hårdt på et laboratorieprojekt, har de stadigvæk tid til at forvandle sovesalen til en skøjtebane, skille en nørds bil fra hinanden og samle den igen i hans soveværelse og holde et enormt beachparty i auditoriet komplet med en lagune og bikini-klædte skønheder.

Jeanne wakes up one morning and her life is about to take a funny turn, at first sight nothing has changed in her - to a small detail.

Almost a decade has elapsed since glam-rock superstar Brian Slade escaped the spotlight of the London scene. Now, investigative journalist Arthur Stuart is on assignment to uncover the truth behind the enigmatic Slade. Stuart, himself forged by the music of the 1970s, explores the larger-than-life stars who were once his idols and what has become of them since the turn of the new decade.

I en af filmhistoriens bedste musicals bor Adam (Howard Keel) sammen med sine seks yngre brødre i en hytte i Oregons bjergegne. Da han drager til byen for at finde sig en kone, lader kro-servitricen Milly (Jane Powell) sig lokke af Adams smukke løfter og siger ja til hans frieri. For sent opdager hun, at hun er blevet shanghajet til at opvarte syv mandfolk. Adam får en idé til, hvordan hans brødre selv kan skaffe sig en brud, men den er ikke helt stueren.

En dag under en flugt fra sine kreditorer gemmer den unge manuskriptforfatter Joe Gillis sig i en garage til et palæ på Sunset Boulevard. Her møder Joe den tilbagetrukne stumfilmstjerne Norma Desmond, der vil hyre Joe til at renskrive et comeback, hun har arbejdet på i flere år. Den kyniske og opportunistiske Joe siger ja til det håbløse projekt og er snart fuldstændig i hænderne på Norma. Alt imens følger Normas chauffør Max Von Mayerling tavst begivenhederne fra sidelinien.

Den fattige tyrenakke Ali flytter ind hos sin hårdt prøvede søster i Sydfrankrig. Med på slæb har Ali sin fem-årige søn, som han ikke virker særlig interesseret i. Ali, der er god til at slås, får job som dørmand på en klub. Her møder han Stephanie, der træner spækhuggere i et vandland. Da hun mister begge ben i en tragisk arbejdsulykke, indleder de to forslåede sjæle et usentimentalt venskab.

Efter en barsk og kærlighedsløs barndom bliver den unge Jane Eyre guvernante for pigen Adèle på godset Thornfield Hall. Hun tiltrækkes af godsets gådefulde, bryske ejer, mr. Rochester, men Rochester er en mand med en frygtelig hemmelighed.

I en tyrkisk by bor fem forældreløse søstre sammen med to ældre slægtninge. På vej hjem fra skole pjatter pigerne med nogle drenge. Uskyldig sjov, men andre synes, det er upassende. Rygtet spredes i den lille by. Søstrenes frihed bliver indskrænket, og deres hjem forvandles til et fængsel. Men oprøret ulmer, for de fem frihedselskende søstre vil ikke lade sig styre af gamle, konservative normer.

I 1904 afprøver Carl Jung en tidlig udgave af psykoanalyse på den hysteriske ungmø Sabina. Hendes kvaler viser sig at have udspring i seksuelle drifter, hvilket får Jung til at kontakte den ældre doktor Freud i Wien. Et venskab udvikler sig mellem de to psykiatriske pionerer. Situationen kompliceres dog, da den frisindede Otto Gross overtaler Jung til at starte et SM-forhold til sin patient.