When Gabriel and Emilie meet by chance, he offers her a ride, and they spend the evening talking, laughing and getting along famously. At the end of the night, Emilie declines Gabriel's offer of "a kiss without consequences". Emilie admonishes him that the kiss could have unexpected consequences, and tells him a story, unfolding in flashbacks, about the impossibility of indulging your desires without affecting someone else's life.

Young provincial Charles arrives in Paris to stay with his cousin Paul while studying law. Paul is a decadent, bohemian pleasure-seeker who shows the meek, diligent Charles the thrills of city life. When Charles falls for Florence, one of Paul's acquaintances, relationships begin to shift.

Vienna, 1906. A passionate love story develops between Franz Lobheiner and the young Christine. Lobheiner is, however, currently seeing the married Baroness von Eggersdorf. Upon learning of his wife's infidelity, the Baron von Eggersdorf provokes a duel with Lobheiner. But the former is no longer a real threat to the Baron. Lobheiner is now passionately in love with Christine. How will this love quartet end?

An ex-convict sets out to uncover who framed him for an armored car robbery.

Reiji Kikukawa, who has a strong sense of justice, graduated from the police academy with the lowest score ever. He becomes a police constable, but is suddenly fired by the Police Chief due to "disciplinary" issues. In actuality, the firing is part of a carefully orchestrated plan to set him up as an undercover cop in the Yakuza.

Without mentioning the reason, Venetian musician Enrico invites his ex-wife Valeria to visit him, and her heart is broken again during their last days together.

Donald and Daisy are walking when he is hit by a flowerpot. He's convinced he's a famous singer, and he croons divinely, but does not recognize Daisy. He in fact does become famous. Daisy is devastated by her inability to get over him and sees a psychiatrist. He tells her she has to choose between the world having Donald, or her getting him back. She picks herself, and drops another flowerpot, which restores him.

One night when seeking his estranged wife, Hoffmann goes to the youth center where she works. The police are there rounding up radicals who frequent the center - Hoffmann runs into the building and ends up being shot in the head. He awakens with brain trauma, partially paralyzed and unable to speak. The police accuse him of stabbing an officer; the radicals herald him as an innocent victim of police brutality. During his slow recovery at the hospital, Hoffmann must piece together his life and struggle to remember the events of that night.

A young woman becomes entangled with a successful businessman, but her ex tries to win her back, provoking intense jealousy that leads her to reconsider her choice. Ultimately, one man's actions force a resolution to her dilemma.

A series of events unfold like a chain reaction, all stemming from a minor event that brings the film's five characters together. Set in Paris, France, Anne is an actress whose boyfriend Georges photographs the war in Kosovo. Georges' brother, Jean, is looking for the entry code to Georges' apartment. These characters' lives interconnect with a Romanian immigrant and a deaf teacher.

Menneskets seksualitet var i 1940’erne et mysterium for amerikanere i alle samfundslag – også for den nysgerrige professor Alfred C. Kinsey, som besluttede sig for at forske i emnet. På baggrund af mange tusinde interviews om mænd og kvinders sexvaner, udsendte han en rapport, der sprængte USA’s moralske mødom med en rambuk. Rapporten solgte 300.000 eksemplarer på en måned og viste til stor forargelse, at 92 % af de amerikanske mænd onanerede, at 85 % havde haft sex før ægteskabet, og at halvdelen havde været deres koner utro. Men der skulle mere til at tilfredsstille Kinseys nysgerrighed, og forskningen stoppede ikke her. Hverken på det professionelle plan – eller det private...

Valerie, a Czechoslovakian teenager living with her grandmother, is blossoming into womanhood, but that transformation proves secondary to the effects she experiences when she puts on a pair of magic earrings. Now seeing the world around her in a different light, Valerie must endure her sexual awakening while attempting to discern reality from fantasy as she encounters lecherous priest Gracian, a vampire-like stranger and otherworldly carnival folk.

Construction worker Oreste and young fiancee Adelaide meet Nello, a cook in a pizzeria. This love triangle often goes to communist rallies, and enjoys the filthy beaches of Ostia. Will the hostile environment pave a way to jealousy?

Thomas Crown - millionær, forretningsmand, sportsmand - arrangerer det perfekte kup og stjæler $2,6 million fra en bank i Boston, mest fordi han keder sig. Vicki Anderson er den uafhængige efterforsker for et forsikringsselskab, der bliver hyret til at undersøge kuppet. Hun får snart øje på Thomas Crown og er ikke et sekund i tvivl om at han er den skyldige. Vicki gør det klart, at hun ved han er skyldig og har til hensigt at bevise det, men alligevel indleder de to en hed affære. Men hvem snyder hvem, når det hele skal gøres op?

Bosnien, juli 1995. Aida er oversætter for FN i den lille by Srebrenica. Da den serbiske hær overtager byen, er hendes familie blandt de tusindvis af borgere, der leder efter ly i FN-lejren. Som insider i forhandlingerne har Aida adgang til afgørende information, som hun skal tolke. Hvad er der i horisonten for hendes familie og folk - redning eller død? Hvilket træk skal hun tage?

Set in a magnificent villa near a sun-drenched St. Tropez, lovers Jean-Paul and Marianne are spending a happy, lazy summer holiday. Their only concern is to gratify their mutual passion - until the day when Marianne invites her former lover and his beautiful teenage daughter to spend a few days with them. From the first moment, a certain uneasiness and tension begin to develop between the four, which soon escalates in a dangerous love-game.

Historien udspilles i Polen i de tidlige 1960'ere. Ida har mistet begge sine forældre under Anden Verdenskrig og er vokset op i et kloster. Som ung novice er hun klar til at aflægge nonneløftet, men først må hun opsøge sin sidste nulevende slægtning. Hendes seksuelt frigjorte og noget letlevende tante Wanda vender op og ned på Idas liv, og artige hemmeligheder bringes for en dag.

I år 2000 er Guy Montag medlem af et brandkorps, der ikke mere slukker brande, men som påsætter dem i huse, hvor der findes bøger. Bøgernes budskab er farligt for de diktatorer, som regerer landet, landet som er i krig med en ukendt fjende. Da Guy møder Clarisse, begynder han at sætte spørgsmål ved verdenen, som han kender den, og han begynder at samle bøger, mens hans kone Linda på alle måder er pacificeret af tv-skærmene i stuen med virkelighedsfjernt fiktion.

Den unge og charmerende Nicko (Ashton Kutcher) lever et liv, som kun de færreste tør drømme om, han scorer sig til en luksuriøs livsstil ved at servicere rige kvinder i sengen - og han er djævelsk god til det! Under palmerne i det solbeskinnede Hollywood Hills nyder han livet som player på byens trendy klubber. Her møder han gudesmukke kvinder, der er parate til at lade en "Toy Boy" bo i deres hjem et stykke tid til gengæld for noget vild og uforpligtende sex.

Antonio er den naive, lystige, politisk aktive som forbliver sygehjælper på et hospital. Gianni er opportunisten, som gifter sig til velstand og status og Nicola symboliserer den frustrerede senere desillusionerede intellektuelle. Trekløveret knyttes sammen af pigen Luciana. Hun møder først Antonio, forlader ham for Gianni, som til gengæld svigter hende og efter en kort episode med Nicola, knyttes hun flere år senere igen til Antonio. Hendes skæbne bliver filmens røde tråd.