Eva, bývalá manželka vidieckeho pastora, pozve k sebe na návštevu svoju matku, svetoznámu klaviristku Charlotte, s ktorou sa už roky nevideli. Namiesto láskyplného a priateľského stretnutia však na povrch vyplávajú hlboko uložené krivdy a rozpory. Matka, ktorá opustila rodinu, aby sa mohla venovať svojej hudobnej kariére, strávi s dcérou niekoľko dní, počas ktorých sa obidve snažia pozbierať posledné zvyšky náklonnosti, ktoré ich môžu navzájom spájať.

Karin hopes to recover from her recent stay at a mental hospital by spending the summer at her family's cottage on a tiny island. Her husband, Martin, cares for her but is frustrated by her physical withdrawal. Her younger brother, Minus, is confused by Karin's vulnerability and his own budding sexuality. Their father, David, cannot overcome his haughty remoteness. Beset by visions, Karin descends further into madness.

Dr. Jenny Isaksson is a psychiatrist whose temporary position at a mental hospital offers only modest responsibilities. With her husband out of the country for a seminar and her daughter at camp, Jenny moves in with her grandparents, expecting a relaxing few months. But it isn't long before unpleasant memories of her childhood, the sudden appearance of strange apparitions, and a near-rape push this otherwise stable woman to the very edge of sanity.

Andreas, a man struggling with the recent demise of his marriage and his own emotional isolation, befriends a married couple also in the midst of psychological turmoil. In turn he meets Anna, who is grieving the recent deaths of her husband and son. She appears zealous in her faith and steadfast in her search for truth, but gradually her delusions surface. Andreas and Anna pursue a love affair, but he is unable to overcome his feelings of deep humiliation and remains disconnected. Meanwhile, the island community is victimized by an unknown person committing acts of animal cruelty.

Príbeh filmu je vyrozprávaný jednoduchými formálnymi prostriedkami, koncipovanými prevažne divadelne. Necháva všetok priestor svojim dvom protagonistom, ktorí skrývajú aj obnažujú svoje city a trápenia. Obraz rozpadu jedného manželstva a opätovného búrlivého stretávania a vzďaľovania sa oboch protagonistov. Obraz dvojice ľudí, ktorí nemôžu žiť spolu ani bez seba.

Rozsiahla rodinná sága rozprávaná očami desaťročného Alexandra je akousi tvorcovou autobiografiou, ktorá nielen odráža spomienky na detstvo a vyrovnanie sa so strasťami a nástrahami života, ale predstavuje aj mnohoročné skúsenosti a nezabudnuteľný filmárov rukopis. Fanny a Alexander sú dvojičky, ktoré prežívajú šťastné detstvo so svojimi rodičmi na začiatku 20. storočia vo Švédsku. Keď však otec zomrie, matka sa rozhodne vydať za miestneho biskupa. Rozpory medzi chlapcom a otčimom na seba nenechajú dlho čakať a chlapec uniká do sveta predstáv a fantázie, čo však biskup tvrdo trestá. Ľudské chmúry a hrôzy sa tu však zobrazujú s nadhľadom a uvoľnenosťou a prinášajú tak divákom akúsi oslavu ľudského spoločenstva a lásky.

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.

The Queen of the Night enlists a handsome prince named Tamino to rescue her beautiful kidnapped daughter, Princess Pamina, in this screen adaptation of the beloved Mozart opera. Aided by the lovelorn bird hunter Papageno and a magical flute that holds the power to change the hearts of men, young Tamino embarks on a quest for true love, leading to the evil Sarastro's temple where Pamina is held captive.

Marine officer Alexandra is tough enough to kick any guy's ass in a bar fight, but there's one opponent she can't beat: military policy. When she returns to her conservative hometown from Iraq with a mysterious personal life, she finds herself charged with preparing a tempestuous teenage girl to boot camp.

Three women in a maternity ward reveal their lives and intimate thoughts to each other.

A Swedish housewife begins an adulterous affair with a foreign archaeologist. But he is an emotionally scarred man, a Jewish survivor from a concentration camp, consequently, their relationship will be painfully difficult.

Police Commissioner Jules Maigret returns to the small village where he spent his childhood at the request of the Countess of Saint-Fiacre, who has received a disturbing anonymous letter.

An ingratiating bride develops warm ties to her father-in-law while her cold husband blithely slights her for another woman.

Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters Ruth and Matilda are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an elegant tea room but does not have the wherewithal to achieve her lofty goal. Epileptic Ruth is a rebellious adolescent, while shy but highly intelligent and idealistic Matilda seeks solace in her pets and school projects, including one designed to show how small amounts of radium affect marigolds.

The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for stealing food.

A 30 years odyssey: the world's most intriguing artists and thinkers from the fields of visual art, music, filmmaking, acting, literature, philosophy, politics, business and science, are asked the same question: "Why are you creative?"

Anne and Lore, neighbors and best friends, barely into their teens, board at a convent school where they have taken a vow to sin and to serve Satan. Anne keeps a secret diary, they read a salacious novel, they get a classmate in trouble, they spy on the nuns, they set aside their communion wafers; they make a pact of devotion.

In 1970s Germany, Leopold, a 50-year-old businessman, picks up and seduces 20-year old Franz, who swiftly moves into his bachelor pad. Their cozy relationship soon sours as Leopold turns cranky and argumentative. When Franz's buxom blond girlfriend surfaces, and then Leopold's elegant and enigmatic ex, things get funnier, steamier and a lot more complicated.

In a world after the nuclear apocalypse a scholar helps a small group of children and adults survive, staying with them in the basement of the former museum of history. In his mind he writes letters to his son — though it is obvious that they will never be read.

A young man finds himself attracted to a cold and unfeeling waitress who may ultimately destroy them both.