Augstprātīgais fonētikas profesors Henrijs Higinss dzird vienkāršās puķu pārdevējas Elīzas Dūlitlas runasveidu un sader ar pulkvedi Hjū Pikeringu, ka spēs viņai iemācīt “pareizu” angļu valodu un ievest Londonas augstākajā sabiedrībā. Puķu tirgotāja pārvācas dzīvot un mācīties pie Higinsa, taču viņa attieksme pret sievieti ir noniecinoša. Elīzā iemīlas kāds jauns aristokrāts, un, kad Higinss atsakās novērtēt viņas centienus runāt pareizi, Elīza sadusmojas un pamet viņu Fredija dēļ. Pēkšņi Higinss atskārš, ka nespēj bez viņas dzīvot.
Ten-year-old Gabe was just a normal kid growing up in Manhattan until Rosemary Telesco walked into his life, actually into his karate class. But before Gabe can tell Rosemary how he feels, she tells him she will not be going to public school any more. Gabe has a lot more to learn about life, love, and girls.
A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.
Blond bombshell Filiz Akin is Zeynep, a mute girl who lives with her aging father at a farm. One day five criminals, who just escaped from prison, invades the homes and kills the father and rapes Zeynep. Because of the shock of being raped, she regains her speech and decides to take revenge on the criminals. With the help of the friendly hobo Murat (Ediz Hun) she learns to be en expert shooter, manages to take a brown belt in karate and sets out to kill them all.
The residents of Ho Chi Minh City face modernization amid widespread poverty. A retired American Marine arrives on a search for his daughter, whom he abandoned at the end of the Vietnam War. Elsewhere, a cyclo driver falls for a troubled prostitute and schemes to raise money so he can spend time with her. Additionally, a young women begins harvesting lotuses for a writer suffering from leprosy, and a child trinket seller loses his traveling case.
In an Edo-period retelling of "City Lights", Iyami, a poor beggar, befriends a flower-selling young girl. Through the ups and downs of their friendship, Iyami strives to find a way to make her see again.
A burglar is recruited by the French Surete to help find his kidnapped girlfriend, who has been kidnapped by a deranged White Russian to impersonate the missing Princess Anastasia Romanoff while under his hypnotic spell.