Gyserfilmen vil udspille sig mellem den første 'Saw' og 'Saw II', hvor John Kramer aka Jigsaw stadig er i live. I et desperat forsøg på at kurere sin uhelbredelige kræft rejser Kramer til Mexico, hvor et firma har lovet en mirakelløsning. Men da Kramer finder ud af, at det hele er en fidus for at lokke penge ud af uskyldige, dødeligt syge mennesker, planlægger han et grusomt spil for at få en blodig hævn.
Den velhavende, men ensomme galleriejer Susan Morrow får tilsendt manuskriptet til en roman fra sin eksmand Edward, som hun ikke har haft kontakt med i årevis. Bogen er tilegnet Susan, men handlingen er voldsom og chokerende. Historien gør dybt indtryk på Susan. Hun fortolker den som en fortælling om hævn - en fortælling, der tvinger hende til at se på sit forhold til Edward med nye øjne.
Adonis Johnson har aldrig kendt sin far, bokseverdensmesteren Apollo Creed, for han døde, inden Adonis blev født. Men boksning er i Adonis' blod, så han opsøger Apollo's gamle rival, Rocky Balboa. Rocky siger ja til at blive Adonis' træner, og snart får den unge bokser en mesterskabskamp.
Landon Carter nyder livet som skolens populæreste dreng, indtil han er involveret i et uheld, hvor en anden dreng bliver paralyseret. Landon bliver dømt til samfundstjeneste og deltagelse i skolens dramaklub. Gennem sit ufrivillige miljøskifte møder han den religiøse præstedatter Jane. De to forelsker sig, men hverken Landons eller Janes bagland syntes særlig godt om alliancen.
Biolog-parret (Isaac og Portman) deltager frivilligt i en hemmelig mission i et fremmed territorium – en afskåret skov, hvor et formskiftende Aurora Borealis-lignende væsen venter. Andre har tidligere vovet sig ind i området med katastrofale følger.
Den tidligere mesterbokser Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) lever et stille liv og driver en lille restaurant, da han bliver tilbudt en showkamp mod den nuværende sværvægtsmester Mason 'The Line' Dixon. Selvom Rocky er gået på pension, er han forsat med at bokse på amatørniveau, og da han længes mod fortidens berømmelse og sejre, siger han ja til kampen. Han tager udfordringen meget seriøst og begynder et intensivt træningsprogram. En gammel mesterbokser kan da umuligt være nogen værdig modstander for nutidens mester - eller kan han? Den sjette film, hvor Stallone spiller den stædige bokser Rocky Balboa. Stallone har også selv skrevet og instrueret filmen, der fik hele fem stjerner i BT.
Hazel er en kvik og skarptunget 16-årig med stor appetit på livet. Men hun lider af en uhelbredelig kræftsygdom, som binder hende til en iltflaske. I den støttegruppe, som Hazels forældre har tvunget hende ind i, møder hun den lige så ukuelige Augustus, som har mistet sit ene underben til knoglekræft. Sammen rejser de til Holland for at møde Hazels yndlingsforfatter, mens tid er.
En synsk læge, John Clancy, arbejder sammen med en FBI specialagent for at finde en seriemorder. Efter at have levet i isolation i to år, siden hans datters død, bliver Clancy spurgt om han vil hjælpe FBI specialagenten Joe med at opklare flere forskellige mord, som er begået af denne samme seriemorder.
Julie er nået den alder, hvor de fleste, inklusive kæresten Aksel, er klare til at stifte familie. Men Julie er ikke færdig med at sparke døre ind, og mødet med den indtagende Eivind åbner et nyt kapitel i hendes liv.
12-årige Conor har det ikke nemt. Han bliver mobbet i skolen, hans mor er dødeligt syg af kræft, og hans far skal flytte til USA. Hjælpen viser sig i form af et stort takstræ, der en aften river sig selv op med rode og banker på drengens soveværelsesvindue. Ved at fortælle historier, der er fulde af magi og eventyr, hjælper trævæsenet Conor til at finde styrken i sig selv og bearbejde sorgen.
Carter er mekaniker, og Edward er finansmand, og de har ikke ret meget mere til fælles end den hospitalsstue, de deler. De to aldrende mænd har begge kræft, og hurtigt finder de ud af, at de begge har masser af steder og ting, de gerne vil opleve, før de dør. Så de laver en liste over det, de vil nå, og forlader hospitalet for at få realiseret deres drømme.
Efter flere måneder uden en eneste anholdelse i hendes datters mordsag tager Mildred Hayes sagen i egen hånd ved at leje tre store reklameskilte i udkanten af byen med en besked rettet mod byens ærede politimester - kun med en eskalering til følge.
Edward Bloom elsker at fortælle historier. Han benytter enhver chance til at underholde folk omkring sig med fantastiske beretninger om sine store bedrifter ude i verden. Historier om kæmper, mystiske hekse, hvordan han fandt sit livs kærlighed og om dengang, han var ansat i et cirkus. Nu lakker Edwards liv mod enden. Han er blevet træt og gammel, men han får stadig et helt specielt glimt i øjet, når han fortæller en af sine historier. Det er bare ikke godt nok for hans søn Will. Nu har Edward ikke lang tid igen, og Will føler stadig ikke, at han kender sin far, for det eneste, han nogensinde har hørt fra ham, er løgnehistorier. Det tror han i hvert fald. Men selvom Edwards historier kan stå mål med de bedste eventyr, så er de måske ikke så langt fra sandheden alligevel.
Rigmanden Damien Hale er dødssyg af kræft. Han opsøger et mystisk firma, der hævder, at de kan flytte ham over i et sundt legeme, som han kan leve videre i. Efter Hales iscenesatte død 'genopstår' han under navnet Edward, og til at begynde med nyder han sin nye identitet. Men hans krop, som firmaet påstår er kunstigt fremstillet, viser sig at have tilhørt en anden - og snart er Edward en jaget mand.
Hvad er familiesammenhold? Nick Cassavetes, der har instrueret The Notebook og John Q, beviser igen sin fornemmelse for historier om dybe, menneskelige relationer i denne inspirerende film om en kærlig familie, der udfordres og forenes af et barns sygdom. Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin og Alec Baldwin er med til at skabe en fantastisk stemning i fortællingen om den 11-årige Anna Fitzgerald, der er født til at være donor for sin ældre, leukæmiramte søster, men som nu kræver retten til selv at bestemme over sin egen krop. Hendes kamp for frihed til at vælge truer med at splitte familien, men er måske det første skridt mod virkelig tilgivelse, værdighed og familiesammenhold.
Laurel Hester er sej politikvinde i New Jersey. Hun skjuler sin homoseksualitet for omverdenen, og end ikke hendes mangeårige makker Dane ved, at Laurie er flyttet sammen med den yngre Stacie. Da Laurel rammes af kræft, kommer sandheden frem, og de stokkonservative, lokale myndigheder nægter at udbetale Laurels pension til Stacie. Uretfærdigheden får Laurel, Stacie og Dane til at gå på barrikaderne.
Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live. He becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's financial future at any cost as he enters the dangerous world of drugs and crime.
Every summer, Belly and her family head to the Fishers’ beach house in Cousins. Every summer is the same ... until Belly turns sixteen. Relationships will be tested, painful truths will be revealed, and Belly will be forever changed. It’s a summer of first love, first heartbreak and growing up — it's the summer she turns pretty.
A group of friends from Boston who feel stuck in life experience an unexpected wake-up call after one of their friends dies unexpectedly.
A divorcee with cancer and a penniless single father meet and heal their wounds with the help of each other. Do Yeon-Hee (Choi Jung-Yoon) is the only daughter-in-law of a family, who runs the Rara Group. She has a perfect life, but her husband cheats on her. Due to the other woman, Do Yeon-Hee’s life changes completely. Han Jae-Kyeong (Ahn Jae-Mo) used to be a professional golfer. To let his wife achieve her dream and support her while she studies abroad, he quit playing golf and became a golfing instructor at a practice facility. He raises his son by himself, while his wife is away. When his wife returns to South Korea, she asks him for a divorce.
The memory of their painful breakup still fresh in their minds, two former lovers reunite years later as a top actor and a documentary producer.
Lifelong best friends Alexa and Katie are eagerly anticipating the start of their freshman year of high school. The pals confront a crisis that leaves them feeling like outsiders at a time when what seems to matter most is fitting in.
A suburban mother faces her cancer diagnosis while trying to find humor and happiness as well.
A story of hope and despair surrounding the lives of a mother and son from a small town in Subei. The 18-year-old Ding Xiao Jun who lives with his mother Ding Bi Yun has been admitted to a university in Beijing. However, as soon as he entered university, he is ridiculed by his classmates. Ding Xiao Jun starts to rebel until he gets a warning that he will no longer graduate. Luckily, his mother gets through to him in time for him to pull himself together and earn enough credits to graduate.
April, an aspiring journalist, is balancing her ambitious career with her family and a new office romance. In an unexpected twist of fate, April learns that she has leukemia.
Lin Zhixiao's entire world is turned upside down just before graduation. Her father is hospitalized after being diagnosed with cancer which leaves her no choice but to give up an important job opportunity. She and her boyfriend also break up. In an instant, all of her hopes and dreams for the future are gone. At this time, Gu Wei, her father's attending physician, walks into Lin Zhixiao's life. Love has the tendency to creep up on you when you're not looking. Two people who have been hurt before gradually get to know each other and fall in love. They go through doubts and hit road bumps, they experience misunderstandings and trying times, but in the process of falling in love, they realize that they are made for each other.
It is based on the story of young cartoonist Xiong Dun who encounters double setbacks in love and the workplace. In the face of adversity, she bravely fights her illness and spreads positivity with her infectious smile. Xiang Yang is a carefree young woman who comes to Beijing to fulfill her dreams of becoming a manhua artist. After persuading her family and finally finding a job and a house, Xiong Dun settles down in Beijing. Life may be hard but Xiang Yang is surrounded by people that she loves. Unfortunately, life does not treat her kindly. Xiang Yang's boyfriend cheats on her and she experiences a setback in her career. Misfortunes come in threes as she starts to get sick. When her childhood friend forces her to go to the hospital for an examination, Xiang Yang learns that she has a tumor. From being unwilling and unable to accept her circumstances, Xiang Yang gradually finds the strength to live her life to the fullest.
When Amina gets diagnosed with cancer close to her wedding, she gets abandoned by her fiancé under his family's pressure. This all serves as a wake-up call which makes her reflect on her relationships with the people in her life. Her elevated sense of maturity makes her value what and who truly matter in her life.
Life is ever-delightful — and ever-challenging — for a group of friends in their twilight years as they rediscover themselves through love and family.
If There Is No Tomorrow is a story for the underdogs about a man who tolerates as much as he can, yet things change when he discovers that he is terminal ill.
Polseres vermelles and Pulseras Rojas in Spanish, is a Catalan television show. The first season aired on TV3 in 2011, with a second season planned for 2013. The show was created by Albert Espinosa and draws on his childhood experiences as a hospital patient. Espinosa and director-producer Pau Freixas had previously worked together on the film Herois. The show tells the story of a group of Catalan children and teenagers who meet as patients in the children's wing of a hospital. Themes include friendship, the will to live, and the desire to overcome adversity. The show was originally planned for four seasons, with the second one premiering on January 2013. In October 2011, it was announced that Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks and Marta Kauffman had reached an agreement with TV3 for an American remake of Polseres Vermelles. The Spanish channel Antena 3 aired the first season, dubbed into Spanish as Pulseras rojas, in summer 2012. On 11 December 2012, TV3 announced 14 January 2013 as the premiere date for its second season. Antena 3 will premiere it dubbed later in 2013.
When Stella finds out her terminal cancer is cured, she's going to have to learn to live with all the choices she's made when she decided to "live like she was dying".
Set in contemporary Montreal, “This Life” is a family saga focusing on Natalie Lawson, an accomplished columnist and single mother in her early forties whose terminal cancer diagnosis sends her on a quest to prepare her teenage children for life without her. Her tight-knit family – sister, two brothers and parents – do the best they can to help her, while coping with their own responses to this revelation.
Cha Mi-rae is a doctor and single mother to her young daughter Sa-rang. When she gets diagnosed with terminal cancer and told she has one year left to live, she seeks out her ex-boyfriend Han Yeol, a former baseball player. Mi-rae and Yeol were a couple a decade ago, but she broke up with him to study abroad and because she didn't think much of his prospects. Soon after, a serious injury forced him to retire from the sport, and Yeol became the rehabilitation coach of a major league baseball team. Mi-rae is determined to transform still-single, grungy, irritable Yeol into the best father possible for her daughter.
Five women in their 30s, friends since their school days, go on their annual getaway. But this year, one of them has just been diagnosed with cancer.
A 26-year-old man’s life is turned upside down when he is diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer. As he struggles with the pain of his treatment and the realization that he never truly lived, he retreats into his imagination, to a magical forest where answers and miracles can be found.
