本书是古希腊哲学家柏拉图所著的一篇对话式的作品，是以对话或者演讲的形式写成的，其背景是古希腊的一群男子在一场酒宴之中的谈话，所讨论的主题是爱的本质。 本书表达了柏拉图的内心信念，即不可见的事物是永久的。本书也讲述了从低级到高级的爱，在本书中，这群男子认为最高贵的爱是男人之间的爱，他们认为男子应该去爱另一个男子，但是他们反对古希腊风俗中男子对少年的爱，这是他们讨论的前提。

On a small town college campus, a philosophy professor in existential crisis gives his life new purpose when he enters into a relationship with his student.

Shouya Ishida starts bullying the new girl in class, Shouko Nishimiya, because she is deaf. But as the teasing continues, the rest of the class starts to turn on Shouya for his lack of compassion. When they leave elementary school, Shouko and Shouya do not speak to each other again... until an older, wiser Shouya, tormented by his past behaviour, decides he must see Shouko once more. He wants to atone for his sins, but is it already too late...?

With the intention to break free from the strict familial restrictions, a suicidal young woman sets up a marriage of convenience with a forty-year-old addict, an act that will lead to an outburst of envious love.

In occupied Paris, an actress married to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis while doing both of their jobs.

Aimless young Alexandre juggles his relationships with his girlfriend, Marie, and a casual lover named Veronika. Marie becomes increasingly jealous of Alexandre's fling with Veronika and as the trio continues their unsustainable affair, the emotional stakes get higher, leading to conflict and unhappiness.

Fred, a raffish safe blower, takes refuge in the Paris Metro after being chased by the henchmen of a shady businessman from whom he has just stolen some documents. While hiding out in the back rooms and conduits of the Metro, Fred encounters a subterranean society of eccentric characters and petty criminals.

Fifteen-year-old Suzanne seeks refuge from a disintegrating family in a series of impulsive, promiscuous affairs. Her fulsome sexuality further ratchets up the suppressed passions of her narcissistic brother, insecure mother and brooding, authoritarian father.

1979 film by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

A strait-laced French student moves into an apartment in Barcelona with a cast of six other characters from all over Europe. Together, they speak the international language of love and friendship.

早已过了而立之年的一子（安藤樱 饰）整天百无聊赖，她根本无心帮助打理自家的料理店，整日玩游戏虐杀小外甥。她的妹妹二三子（早织 饰）离婚后回到娘家，极度看不惯姐姐的作为，为此两姐妹甚至大打出手。自感不被家人所容的一子搬了出去，并在日常光顾的百元超市谋得收银员的职位。这间小 店云集着许多怪人，患有忧郁症的店长、话唠猥琐的同事、因盗窃被开除却还时常回来拿临过期食品的老太。在这些人中间，一子的心情愈加苦闷。偶然机缘，她和名不见经传的拳击手狩野（新井浩文 饰）走到一起，无奈他们之间甚至连爱情都谈不上。极度压抑之际一子选择学习拳击，她渴望释放心中的委屈和不满，渴望获得哪怕只有一次的认可。 本片荣获2014年日本电影旬报十佳影片第八名。

Two seemingly unconnected souls from different corners of the United States make a telepathic bond that allows them to see, hear and feel the other's experiences, creating a bond that apparently can't be broken.

2002 Taiwan film by Yee Chin-yen

2004 film directed by Mike Nichols

2004 short film directed by Sean Ellis

2006 film directed by Sean Ellis

《牡丹亭》是明代大曲家汤显祖的代表作，这时作家的思想和艺术都已经成熟。明代话本小说《杜丽娘慕色还魂》为《牡丹亭》提供了基本情节。《牡丹亭》在《惊梦》《寻梦》《闹殇》各出的宾白中还保留了话本的若干原句。在小说中，杜丽娘还魂后，门当户对的婚姻顺利缔成；而在戏曲中，汤显祖进行了脱胎换骨的创造性劳动，把小说中的传说故事同明代社会的现实生活结合起来，使它具有强烈的反礼教、反封建色彩，焕发出追求个性由的光辉理想。 女主角杜丽娘是古典戏曲中最可爱的少女形象之一。出身和社会地位规定她应该成为具有三从四德的贤妻良母。她的人生第一课是《诗经》的首篇《关雎》。传统说法认为它是“后妃之德”的歌颂，是最好的闺范读本。她却直觉地认出这是一支恋歌。在婢女春香的怂恿下，她偷偷地走出闺房。“不到园林，怎知春色如许”，春天的大自然唤醒了她的青春活力。她生活在笼罩着封建礼教气氛，几乎与世隔绝的环境中，眼睁睁地看着青春即将逝去，她却无能为力，不由自主，只好把炽热的感情压制在心中。汤显祖没有因袭前人小说戏曲中一见倾心，互通殷勤，后花园私订终身的手法，而安排杜丽娘在游园之后和情人在梦中幽会；幽会以后，接着描写她第二次到园中《寻梦》。《惊梦》和《寻梦》是杜丽娘郁积在心中的热情的爆发，也是她反抗现实世界的实际行动。 《牡丹亭》的感人力量，在于它具有强烈地追求个性自由，反对封建礼教的浪漫主义理想。这个理想作为封建体系的对立面而出现。善良与美好的东西都属于杜丽娘。汤显祖描写杜丽娘的美貌很成功，而描写杜丽娘的感情和理想的那些片段更具魅力。《牡丹亭》写出，她不是死于爱情被破坏，而是死于对爱情的徒然渴望。通过杜丽娘的形象，《牡丹亭》表达了当时广大男女青年要求个性解放，要求爱情自由、婚姻自主的呼声，并且暴露了封建礼教对人们幸福生活和美好理想的摧残。

2010 film by Paul Haggis

Greg is coasting through senior year of high school as anonymously as possible, avoiding social interactions like the plague while secretly making spirited, bizarre films with Earl, his only friend. But both his anonymity and friendship threaten to unravel when his mother forces him to befriend a classmate with leukemia.

Lucy Harmon, an American teenager is arriving in the lush Tuscan countryside to be sculpted by a family friend who lives in a beautiful villa. Lucy visited there four years earlier and exchanged a kiss with an Italian boy with whom she hopes to become reacquainted.