Příběh se odehrává v budoucnosti na planetě Pandora, kde lidé ze Země objeví vzácnou horninu unobtanium a rozhodnou se ji vytěžit. V cestě jim však stojí místní domorodci Na’vi. Aby pozemšťané získali jejich důvěru, vytvoří umělé tvory „avatary“, kteří vzhledem odpovídají obyvatelům planety, ale je do nich přenášeno lidské vědomí. Hlavní hrdina, ochrnutý mariňák Jake, se tak v zapůjčené podobě dostává k místnímu kmeni Omaticaya. Brzy prohlédne zpupné chování lidí, pozná kouzlo života v symbióze s přírodou a zamiluje se do dcery náčelníka Neytiri. V rozhodujícím boji o budoucnost planety se proto postaví na stranu Na’vi.
Tokyo engineer Kariya arrives on a primitive tropical island, where he interacts with the Futori clan, to drill a well to power a sugar mill.
A notorious gangster is incited to transform into a film hero and opts for a filmmaker and their project descends into a scenario they had never anticipated.
A boy is raised by a village chieftain after his mother loses him in the woods. As time passes and he grows up, he falls in love with a princess who is under the spell of a witch and decides to save her
A tribal leader comes to the city to kidnap the girl whom he has sworn to marry. But a bumbling college boy, whom the girl has a soft corner for, stands in his way.
A young man with magical powers journeys to his uncle to request help in fighting his sorcerer father.
David and Judith MacDougall are exploring the marriage rituals and roles of Turkana women in this ethnographic documentary. The film's biggest part is taken up by talks between the Turkana people. As one of the first ethnographic documentaries "A Wife Among Wives" subtitles these talks so that the viewer can get a better and probably more personal understanding of the life of the Turkana.
A man from lower social background qualifies and gets an administration job and to match his higher social occupation, he leaves his family, friends, and fiance. But gradually he understands his mistake and returns for his people. Finally he finds his wrong decision for the mining in his village has lead to the destruction and down fall of his people and everyone lives the village and him behind alone.
The movie depicts the life of a tribal youth named Prakasan who lives with his mother and sister in Chamakundy, Kerala. He dreams of having a job in a city, which comes true. Prakasan's designated job is a health care worker which includes locating prostitutes to distribute condoms and spread awareness. He finds it hard to wrap his head around this in a fast-paced life.
In post-apocalyptic New York, three tribes of survivors (the Norms, the Mutates and the Upriver People) vie for the right to exist. When the treacherous Upriver People attack the Norms, kill their chief and take their people captive, two Norm refugee men must find a way to ally with the Mutates, who have previously kidnapped Norm women in an effort to reproduce healthy children, to rout the Uprivers, who also seek to kill off the Mutates.