Lizzie and Janie are best friends, bonded like sisters, who share many things in common: crushes, gossip, and a taste for liquor. Although they manage to sneak alcohol at home and in water bottles at school, they never get caught. One night, while at a per-graduation party, Lizzie, Janie, and their friend Kate get completely drunk, and Lizzie decides to drive Janie home. While blasting the music in the car, with rain pounding on the windshield, Lizzie crashes the car. She escapes with a concussion, but Janie isn't so lucky - she dies in the twisted metal. What happens is a depiction of the aftermath of tragedy, and the recovery process of an alcoholic. Gruesome dramatization of a horrific car accident, and depiction of a DWI trial.

Nick Bianco ender i fængsel efter et juveltyveri. Han nægter at sladre om de andre medvirkende i tiltro til, at der vil blive sørget for hans kone og børn, mens han sidder inde. Da han erfarer, at hans kone har begået selvmord, skifter han mening og ender med at slå en handel af med statsadvokaten. Ncik kan få sin frihed, men skal til gengæld hjælpe med at få den psykopatiske Tommy Udo bag tremmer. Det bliver en beslutning han hurtig kommer til at fortryde.

In the midst of a civil war, former violinists Jan and Eva Rosenberg, who have a tempestuous marriage, run a farm on a rural island. In spite of their best efforts to escape their homeland, the war impinges on every aspect of their lives.

Bewildered, Don Camillo learns that Peppone intends to stand for parliament. Determined to thwart his ambitions, the good priest, ignoring the recommendations of the Lord, decides to campaign against him.

Masaki, a baseball player and gas-station attendant, gets into trouble with the local Yakuza and goes to Okinawa to get a gun to defend himself. There he meets Uehara, a tough gangster, who is in serious debt to the yakuza and planning revenge.

Monika from Stockholm falls in love with Harry, a young man on holiday. When she becomes pregnant they are forced into a marriage, which begins to fall apart soon after they take up residence in a cramped little flat.

With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer.

Oscar dreams of becoming an actor or a stuntman. To contact a manufacturer he stages an accident and consequently injures a young actress, then tries to limit the damage by taking the girl to his home.

In this second episode Dalmazio and Egisto come, respectively, from the prison and the insane asylum. They risk a second arrest for their awkwardness so they return from their "uncle" who is willing to help them.

An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live with him. He serves as friend and mentor, and through his contacts and parties she and her friend meet and date members of the Conservative Party. Eventually a scandal occurs when her affair with the Minister of War goes public, threatening their lifestyles and their freedom.

Louise meets Nathan, her dreams resurface. It's also the story of her ailing brother, their mother, and the destiny of a leading family of wealthy Italian industrialists. The story of a family falling apart, a world coming to an end and love beginning.

After the death of a septuagenarian woman, her three children deliberate over what to do with her estate.

"Christopher's Christmas Mission"- A tale about a boy who steals Christmas gifts from the wealthy to give to the poor people of Stockholm, while working in a post office on Christmas Eve.

In 1943, while the Allies are bombing Berlin and the Gestapo is purging the capital of Jews, a dangerous love affair blossoms between two women – one a Jewish member of the underground, the other an exemplar of Nazi motherhood.

England i starten af 1400-tallet. Kong Henry IV er skuffet over sin søn, kronprins Hal, der mest går op i at drikke og more sig med den storpralende svirebror John Falstaff. Da tronen trues af et oprør, beslutter Hal at genvinde sin fars tillid ved at bevise sit værd i kamp. Men for at blive konge må Hal også slå hånden af sine gamle venner - deriblandt Falstaff.

Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces Shukichi that unless he marries off his 27-year-old daughter soon, she will likely remain alone for the rest of her life. When Noriko resists Masa's matchmaking, Shukichi is forced to deceive his daughter and sacrifice his own happiness to do what he believes is right.

Kødets lyst er en vittig, men alligevel hudløs historie om de to bofæller Jonathan (Jack Nicholson) og Sandy (Art Garfunkel), som ikke kunne være mere forskellige, når det gælder deres smag i kvinder. Den ene vælger at være gift, mens den anden nyder at være ledig på markedet. De betror sig til hinanden gennem årene og når endda at have en fælles kæreste, men som midaldrende kan de stadig ikke finde ud af, hvem der har det bedst.

Beau, en uerfaren cowboy, søger lykken i Arizona. Han skal deltage i en rodeo, men vil også forsøge at finde en kvinde. Han finder næsten mere, end han kan klare, da han møder sangerinden, Charie, der har kurs mod Hollywood. Efter at have vundet rodeoen, tvinger Beau Cherie med ombord på bussen hjem, hvor han vil gifte sig med hende. En snestorm tvinger bussen til at standse natten over ved en øde station, og det får konsekvenser for alle ombord.

Den dramatiske historie om en mand, der fanges i et dilemma, fortælles med episk sammenhæng og dybde i "Flammer over Virginia". James Stewart spiller Charlie Anderson fra Virginia under den amerikanske borgerkrig. Han nægter at støtte Konføderationen, fordi han er modstander af slaveri, og vil heller ikke støtte Unionen, fordi han er stærk modstander af krig, men da hans søn bliver taget til fange, drager han ud for at befri ham. Undervejs oplever han ved selvsyn krigens rædsler og bliver til sidst nødt til at vælge side.

Dorota Geller, a married woman, faces a dilemma involving her sick husband's prognosis. Her husband's doctor, who believes in God, sweared about it in vain.