A Borrower család tagjai négy hüvelyk magasak és egy nagy ház padlódeszkái alatt élnek. Borrowerék életének szerves része az, hogy dolgaikat az "emberi" család tagjaitól, Joe és Victoria Lendertől, valamint fiuktól, Pete-től veszik kölcsön. Egy napon Arrietty Pete karjaiba sétál, akitől megtudja, hogy a ház tulajdonosa meghalt és senki sem találja a végrendeletet. A gonosz helyi ügyvéd, Ocious Potter hamar rá is teszi a kezét a házra, ám a költözködés napján Arrietty megpillantja amint az ügyvéd a rejtekhelyről előveszi a végrendeletet. Nincs más esély a két család megmentésére, a végrendeletet bármi áron meg kell szerezni.
A lonely widowed housewife does her daily chores and takes care of her apartment where she lives with her teenage son, and turns the occasional trick to make ends meet. Slowly, her ritualized daily routines begin to fall apart.
In the not-too-distant future, androids have come into common usage. However, treating androids on the same level as humans is frowned upon, and there is constant paranoia surrounding the possibility of robots defying humans, their masters. Those who appear too trustworthy of their androids are chided and labeled as "android-holics". Rikuo Sakisaka, who has taken robots for granted for his entire life, one day discovers that Sammy, his home android, has been acting independently and coming and going on her own. He finds a strange phrase recorded in her activity log, "Are you enjoying the time of EVE?". He, along with his friend Masakazu Masaki, traces Sammy's movements and finds an unusual café. Nagi, the barista, informs them that the café's main rule is to not discriminate between humans and androids. While Rikuo tries to reveal Sammy's intentions, he begins to question the legitimacy of the fear that drives humans to regard androids as nothing more than mere tools.
A gyártulajdonos családja vendéget fogad, akinek megjelenése mindenkit elbűvöl. A szolgálólány megvilágosodik a hatására, kitör eddigi életéből, és csodagyógyítóvá válik. A többiek is változásokon mennek át, ezek azonban őrületben, kétségbeesésben és szexuális kicsapongásban végződnek. A család azonban mégsem tud teljesen elszakadni korábbi életétől.
Elsa és Michele évtizedek óta boldog, kiegyensúlyozott házasságban él. A férfi elég pénzt keres ahhoz, hogy Elsa ott hagyhassa a munkáját, hogy régi álmát beteljesítve művészettörténetet hallgasson. Azonban nem sokkal azt követően, hogy megszerezte diplomáját, mindkettejük élete gyökeres fordulatot vesz: Michele magába roskadva vallja le, hogy hónapok óta nem dolgozott, ugyanis már rég elbocsájtották attól a cégtől, melyet társalapítója volt. Az első sokkhatást követően a házaspár megpróbál felkészülni a megváltozott helyzetre, és eddigi fényűző életvitelüket feladva sürgősen munkát találni. Azonban munkakeresés közben egyik csalódás a másikat követi, melyet a férfi és a nő egészen máshogy dolgoz fel: Elsa kitartóan hajtja a munkát, míg Michele lassan, de biztosan elmerül az apátiába. A kettejük között egyre táguló szakadék végül pálcatöréshez vezet, de csak ekkor jönnek rá, hogy azt tették kockára, ami minden pénznél értékesebb: az egymás iránt érzett szerelmet.
A stern father and lenient mother try to deal with the ups and downs of their four children's lives in working class Bolton, England.
Maya is the perfect mother. Her life revolves around her three children, Aleya, Ankush, and Anjali. Who thinks nothing much then the world of her. Despite being divorced from her husband, Aman. Maya has ensured that everything runs smoothly in her house, under her watch, and that they continue to remain a happy family unit. However, when Aman introduces his girlfriend, Shreya a career oriented woman, who has a lot to learn about children's, to the family, the situation immediately takes an unexpected turn. When an incident changes their lives drastically, bringing the two women under the same roof, they find themselves putting to test an unusual situation; can two mothers make a home?
Since childhood, Renata was instilled that the nature of a wife is to serve and maintain the integrity of the household. Problems arise when Edwin, her abusive husband, cheats on her. Renata, who is terrorized by the presence of another woman, is determined to save her household.
New adventures of truck drivers Jare and Paja, long-time fellow associates and close friends. Jare is forced to pay off his debt for the loans he was raising to build a house for his numerous family. He must find heaps of money as soon as possible, or let tax gatherers to take everything. Paja tries to help him in this impossible task, but on their way they face bunch of obstacles, losses and misfortunes, encountering all sorts of people, only to end up in serious problems.
Louie the hamster and Louie the chameleon are jealous of the family dog getting all the attention.
Thomas Haemmerli is about to celebrate his fortieth birthday when he learns of his mother's death. A further shock follows when he and his brother Erik discover her apartment, which is filthy and full to bursting with junk. It takes the brothers an entire month to clean out the place. Among the chaos, they find films going back to the 1930s, photos and other memorabilia.
A melodramatic story of Lucia, who serves as a charwoman on the Podlogar family's rich farm, and makes a fuss among householder's sons, as she becomes pregnant with one of them. A decision on whether one should be forced into marriage with the pregnant charwoman and her child, ends tragically. Will Lucia be able to sustain psychological pressure, contempt and pity of the Podlogar brothers?
Teta Kaabour is an 83-year old family matriarch and sharp-witted queen bee of an old Beiruti quarter. She’s been gripped as of late by the silence of her once-buzzing household where she raised children and grandchildren. Resigned to Argileh smoking and day-long coffee drinking on a now-empty balcony, Teta now invokes the deepest memories of her violinist husband who died twenty years ago. She claims a preparedness to re-unite with him.
It is normal for 15-year-old Linn to have two mothers. But when she finds out that there are still numerous siblings, she realizes that she is part of an extraordinary extended family. Her father Eike not only had an appointment with Linn's mothers to donate sperm, Petra and Anny also have three children with him. A film crew followed this rainbow family for twelve years.