Ferris Bueller é um estudante de liceu determinado a fazer gazeta às aulas por um dia, sendo que é a nona vez que ele o decide fazer naquele semestre de aulas. Assim, ele leva a sua namorada Sloane e o seu melhor amigo, Cameron, numa verdadeira aventura pelas ruas de Chicago, sem ter ideia de que o director da sua escola está absolutamente decidido a provar que ele está a faltar às aulas de propósito.
Jane (Ashley Olsen) e Roxy (Mary-Kate Olsen) são duas irmãs gêmeas que não se dão bem e que precisam viajar juntas de Long Island a Nova York. Elas também têm personalidades e interesses diferentes na cidade: enquanto Jane é mais certinha, Roxy é rebelde e quer conhecer os músicos de uma banda para que eles possam ouvir sua fita demo. Porém o que era para ser uma simples viagem acaba se complicando quando elas passam a ser acusadas de terem sequestrado o cachorro de um importante político.
Antoine Doinel tem catorze anos. Na escola, não para e arranja problemas com a professora que o castiga por ter escrito nas paredes da sala de aula. Em casa, os pais são indiferentes à sua presença e não sabem o que fazer com ele durante as férias. Antoine faz gazeta à escola com o colega René e surpreende a mãe nos braços do seu amante. A vida do jovem Antoine parece que será vivida sob o signo da mentira e do desenrasque.
The hero-worship that Simone has for a pop singer is built to a crescendo until she passes out when she finally sees him up-close in a crowd of fans. She is later shocked when he lets her know that he does not love her.
It's winter in a small Scottish village near the sea, and multiple lives intersect in a day. Frances has just lost her husband to an early death, so her mother, Elspeth, travels to Frances' house to reconnect with her daughter and grandson, Alex. Meanwhile, old women Chloe and Lily go to a funeral, youngsters Sam and Tom cut class, and Alex gets a crush on tomboy Nita.
The senior class plans to have a skip-day party at the principal's house until Adam Harris leaks the secret, so he decides to save the celebration by hosting it at his house.
A romantic story of young love is not what it seems. Rachel meets Matt on his way home from school. Matt falls for her, but Rachel has other ideas. Rachel and her boyfriend Nick use Matt to exact a revenge on his parents. What follows is an escalating story of revenge and payback: amoral teenager versus family.
While dealing with the worst trauma of her life, Caroline ditches school for the first time to search for her place in the world.
In a world wherein cars act like humans, Junior wants to be a taxi, but his mother wants him to grow up to be a nice touring car like his father. Mom doesn't know that Junior sometimes skips school and ventures into the city to ride in traffic, drink hi-test gas, and race trains.
A ten-year-old Israeli boy whose father died years earlier during the Six-Day-War is determined to find out more about his father's death. He skips school and, with the help of a friendly cab driver, heads to Jerusalem to find the men who fought with his father's unit and learn the exact circumstances. During the drive from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the cabbie provides a history of the establishment of the Jewish state