寒老人是俄罗斯民间传说中的人物，类似于俄罗斯版的圣诞老人，还能控制冰雪。善良天真的女主、恶毒的后妈、愚蠢的姐姐，男女主历经种种磨难，最后在严寒老人的帮助下，男女主在一起了。

Young couple Madeleine and Neil are coaxed by acquaintance Monsieur Beaumont to get married on his Haitian plantation. Beaumont's motives are purely selfish as he makes every attempt to convince the beautiful young girl to run away with him. For help Beaumont turns to the devious Legendre, a man who runs his mill by mind controlling people he has turned into zombies. After Beaumont uses Legendre's zombie potion on Madeleine, he is dissatisfied with her emotionless being and wants her to be changed back. Legendre has no intention of doing this and he drugs Beaumont as well to add to his zombie collection. Meanwhile, grieving 'widower' Neil is convinced by a local priest that Madeleine may still be alive and he seeks her out.

在大约1900年的布鲁克林，尽管贫穷和爸爸的酗酒，诺兰一家的生活还是很有乐趣的。我们通过大、小的麻烦来了解这些人：茜茜姨妈的可耻的一连串“丈夫”；从他们的公寓中可以看到那棵树；年轻的弗朗西想要转学到更好的学校……是否不负责的爸爸可以一起行动呢？

迪莉娅（米利亚姆·霍普金斯 Miriam Hopkins 饰）原本要和克莱姆（乔治·布伦特 George Brent 饰）携手步入婚姻的殿堂，然而半路杀出了个富豪吉姆（詹姆斯·斯蒂芬森 James Stephenson 饰），迪莉娅始乱终弃，最终嫁给了吉姆。　　迪莉娅的堂妹夏洛特（贝蒂·戴维斯 Bette Davis 饰）非常同情克莱姆的遭遇，陪伴并且时时安慰他，不幸的是，克莱姆在战场上身亡了，而此时夏洛特的腹中已经怀上了克莱姆的孩子。最终，夏洛特生下了孩子，并交给莉迪亚抚养，而吉姆的堂兄乔伊（威廉姆·霍珀 William Hopper 饰）则爱上了楚楚可怜的夏洛特，这令善妒的莉迪亚气的快要发疯，发誓一定要破坏两人之间的感情。

剣の達人、三沢伊兵衛は、藩主から側室になるよう強要されていた家老の娘、妙を連れて脱藩出奔し、道場破りで金を稼ぎながら旅を続けていた。そんなある日、彼は藩がさしむけた剣客、大庭軍十郎と、互いの素性を知らぬまま賭け試合で対決することになるが……。山本周五郎の『雨あがる』を原作に、内川清一郎監督がダイナミックに描いた時代劇の秀作。

In 1828, the bankrupt Pyncheon family fight over Seven Gables, the ancestral mansion. To obtain the house, Jaffrey Pyncheon obtains his brother Clifford's false conviction for murder. Hepzibah, Clifford's sweet fiancée, patiently waits twenty years for his release, whereupon Clifford and his former cellmate, abolitionist Matthew, have a certain scheme in mind.

故事发生在南北战争前夕，美丽的苏珊娜（伊丽莎白·泰勒 Elizabeth Taylor 饰）从南方的新奥尔良来到了北方的雨树县，在这里，苏珊娜邂逅了名叫约翰尼（蒙哥马利·克利夫特 Montgomery Clift 饰）的男人。约翰尼是村子里跑的最快的男人，同时也是一名热衷于解放黑奴运动的革命者。　　虽然约翰尼已经有了青梅竹马的女友奈尔（爱娃·玛丽·森特 Eva Marie Saint 饰），可他和奈尔之间积累了长期的矛盾，也没有什么共同话题。最终，约翰尼决定离开奈尔，和灵魂伴侣苏珊娜走到了一起。之后，约翰尼跟随苏珊娜返回了她的家乡，受恋人的影响，苏珊娜也开始对解放黑人运动产生了兴趣。

君蝶是名色艺双绝的艺妓。其妹妙子与之相反，是京都市观光科的一名本分老实的办事员。姐妹俩的母亲阿菊原是当地一流的艺妓，后成为染色公司总经理渡边的小妾，渡边处于困境时，阿菊被迫牺牲了大女儿使之成为艺妓。年轻美貌的君蝶先是迷倒了美术商人笠间，接着又俘虏了速神丸本铺的总管山下。这时，妙子与同事孝次相爱，却因为遭到其母千代的反对而无法结婚。妙子的朋友雪子从东京回来，知道此事后，劝两人一起去东京脱离这个旧环境。然而孝次却没有离家独立的自信。君蝶为了报复千代，勾引了她的丈夫。千代前往指责却于事无补。遭到抛弃身败名裂的山下一怒之下用菜刀砍伤了君蝶。君蝶倒在病床上温柔地目送着妹妹和孝次远去的背影，低声哀叹自己的命运……　　吉村公三郎被称为女性电影的大家，他一直致力于描绘二战后新时代的女性形象，本片就是他的代表作之一。影片以京都为舞台，这个昔日的国都在二战中没有受到战火的蹂躏，然而很多古老的陋习也跟随那些古老的建筑一同残...

At the lush Evenswood estate in Concord, Massachusetts, Edith Adelon (Cari Shayne), a beautiful orphan, lives as the paid companion to the daughter of the wealthy Hamilton family, although they regard her as one of their own. Years ago, Henry Hamilton (Tom Conti) saved Edith from an Italian orphanage at the request of his long-deceased brother. Now, Edith is his daughter Amy's (Brigitta Dau) prized friend and confidante. As the Hamiltons await a trio of visitors for the annual Greens Cup horse race, Beatrice Hamilton (Meredith Baxter) asks for Edith's help in finding a suitable husband for a cousin, Ida Glenshaw (Brigid Walsh Brannagh), with one of two visiting eligible bachelors. But when it becomes clear that both the young men have affection for Edith and not Ida, jealousy soon develops, leading to malicious conniving and brutal backstabbing. Despite the growing love between Edith and one of the young suitors, because of their conflicting social classes, the couple is reminded time and again that their love can never be. The Inheritance is a story that centers on an innocent young woman's struggle to make sense of her position within the Hamilton household and in society, and the love she feels for her patrons, as well as for a young man she can never marry.

明治初年，自幼因家境贫困而被送作养女的岛村势以（岡田茉莉子 饰）似乎绝少得到上天的垂怜，养父母在她20岁左右时去世，丈夫在婚后的第5年也撒手人寰，势以独自经营着养父母的茶店，并辛苦拉扯两个女儿长大。次女津也（名取裕子 饰）自幼喜爱画画，并有着卓越的天赋。在蒙师西内（風間杜夫 饰）和名师高木松溪（佐藤慶 饰）的调教下，津也逐渐在和画界崭露头角，并荣获数项大奖。然而荣耀的同时，她又不得不委身松溪，从此开始了身为女人宿命般的悲剧……　　本片根据小说家宫尾登美子的同名原著改编，并荣获1985年每日电影和蓝丝带奖最佳女配角奖（三田佳子）。