Karen z Litvy sa vydá za Taliana Antonia, aby unikla z internačného tábora a odsťahuje sa s ním na jeho rodný ostrov Stromboli. Dedina na úpätí aktívnej sopky je takmer vyľudnená a tí obyvatelia, ktorí v nej ostali, sa na cudzinku, ktorá nerozumie miestnemu dialektu, pozerajú s pohŕdaním. Miesto sa pre Karen čoskoro stáva novým väzením a ona zúfalo hľadá spôsob, ako by z neho unikla.

A young man returns from Rome to his sister's satanic New York apartment house.

Populárny spevák Antonio Pisapia, zvaný Tony, objaví, že má o niečo mladšieho menovca, ktorý je vychádzajúcou hviezdou miestneho futbalového klubu. Píše sa rok 1980 a obaja muži sa zdajú byť na vrchole svojej kariéry. Cynickému a sebeckému Tonymu sa ale stane osudným dobrodružstvo s neplnoletým dievčaťom a následne žaloba za znásilnenie. Nesmelý a mierny Antonio si pri tréningu tak zraní nohu, že musí s futbalom skončiť. Dúfa , že sa stane trénerom, ale zdá sa, že ho majitelia klubu už odpísali. Roky plynú a zatiaľ, čo sa príbehy oboch mužov odvíjali nezávisle od seba, jedného dňa sa ich cesty pretnú. Porážka jedného otvára druhému nádej na nový štart.

New York City zachvátila panika, odohrala sa tu séria bizarných vrážd, ktorých stopy vedu do kanalizácie nachádzajúcej sa pod mestom. Odvážny policajt, fotograf, jeho priateľka a vyšinutý vandrák, ktorý toho vie o podzemí viac ako dosť spoja svoje sily, aby zistili, čo to vlastne sídli v podzemí a ako je to možné zastaviť.

Joey Boca is the owner of a pizza parlour, and has been married to Rosalie for years. When Rosalie discovers that Joey is a womanizer and has been cheating on her for a long time, she goes to extreme lengths to punish him.

Contact between most towns on Earth has been severed. A small ring-like area in Eastern Europe still has electricity, and maybe even life is being reported from space. What military forces find outside the ring is shocking.

A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo’s sweltering streets for the stray dog whose desperation has led him to a life of crime. With each step, cop and criminal’s lives become more intertwined and the investigation becomes an examination of Murakami’s own dark side.

Nepohodlný svedok Rick sa skrýva v programe FBI na ochranu svedkov. Spozná ho však jeho dávna láska Marianne. Kým sa mu podarí zmeniť identitu, z väzenia prepustia muža, ktorého tam dostal. Ten si s ním teraz prichádza vyrovnať účty. Ricka a Marianne prenasledujú gangstri i policia po celých Spojených štátoch.

Chronicles three years of a middle class family seemingly caught up in their daily routines, only troubled by minor incidents. Behind their apparent calm and repetitive existence however, they are actually planning something sinister.

Two estranged brothers reunite at their missing father's video store to liquidate the property and sell off his assets. As they dig through the store, they find a VCR board game titled 'Beyond the Gates' that holds a connection to their father's disappearance and deadly consequences for anyone who plays it.

A troubled and neurotic Italian Countess betrays her entire country for a self-destructive love affair with an Austrian Lieutenant.

A photographer takes up newsreel shooting to impress a secretary.

Afflicted with a terminal illness John Bernard Books, the last of the legendary gunfighters, quietly returns to Carson City for medical attention from his old friend Dr. Hostetler. Aware that his days are numbered, the troubled man seeks solace and peace in a boarding house run by a widow and her son. However, it is not Books' fate to die in peace, as he becomes embroiled in one last valiant battle.

The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.

One night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, Adam has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbor Harry, which punctures the rhythm of his everyday life.

Joel, a caustic 1980s film critic for a national horror magazine, finds himself unwittingly trapped in a self-help group for serial killers. With no other choice, Joel attempts to blend in with his homicidal surroundings or risk becoming the next victim.

Composer Gustav von Aschenbach travels to Venice for health reasons. There, he becomes obsessed with the stunning beauty of an adolescent Polish boy named Tadzio who is staying with his family at the same Grand Hôtel des Bains on the Lido as Aschenbach.

Paul, a young idealist trying to figure out what he wants to do with his life, takes a job interviewing people for a marketing research firm. He moves in with aspiring pop singer Madeleine. Paul, however, is disillusioned by the growing commercialism in society, while Madeleine just wants to be successful. The story is told in a series of 15 unrelated vignettes.

In post-industrial Ohio, a Chinese billionaire opens a new factory in the husk of an abandoned General Motors plant, hiring two thousand blue-collar Americans. Early days of hope and optimism give way to setbacks as high-tech China clashes with working-class America.

The intersecting stories of twenty-four characters—from country star to wannabe to reporter to waitress—connect to the music business in Nashville, Tennessee.