A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding...

Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his...

After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus...

A fatally ill mother with only two months to live creates a list of things she wants to do before she dies without telling her family of her illness.

The family of a wealthy businessman gather to celebrate his 60th birthday. During the course of the party, his eldest son presents a speech that...

A woman and her daughter struggle to make their way through the aftermath of the Balkan war.

After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own...

Several lonely hearts in a semi-provincial suburb of a town in Denmark use a beginner's course in Italian as the platform to meet the romance of...

A thirteen-year-old French girl deals with moving to a new city and school in Paris, while at the same time her parents are getting a divorce.

A young French teenage girl after moving to a new city falls in love with a boy and is thinking of having sex with him because her girlfriends have...

A bisexual married man meets a gay man whilst bathing in a small deserted creek and they fall in love even though the gay man has AIDS... He...

Craig and Smokey are two guys in Los Angeles hanging out on their porch on a Friday afternoon, smoking and drinking, looking for something to do.

Erik, a loner, finds a friend in Dexter, an eleven-year-old boy with AIDS. They vow to find a cure for AIDS together and save Dexter's life in an...

Wealthy American housewife Mary Morgan takes her bullied son George out of school for home education,including a trip to Southern Africa. Whilst in...

Years after a pandemic wipes out most of the female population, a father struggles to shield his daughter from a dangerous and predatory world.

The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.

A busy executive learns during a meeting that his mother may be dying and rushes home to her side. He ends up being his father's caretaker and...

Two siblings begin to develop special talents after they find a mysterious box of toys, and soon their parents and even their teacher are drawn into...

The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.

The story of a son's conflicting memories of his dying father.

Lorenzo Odone, a Virginia 5-year-old, develops a degenerative nerve disease so rare that nobody is working on a cure, so his parents decide to...

When lapsed Jew and former cardiologist Harry suddenly decides to spend his retirement as a pig farmer in Nazareth, Israel, the move deeply shocks...

Three suburban English families' lives intertwine with tragic consequences.

After 12 years in prison, former high school football star Eddie Palmer returns home to put his life back together—and forms an unlikely bond...