The film follows four families, with different nationalities (French, German, Russian and American) but with the same passion for music, from the 1930s to the 1960s. The various story lines cross each other time and again in different places and times, with their own theme scores that evolve as time passes. The main event in the film is the Second World War, which throws the stories of the four musical families together and mixes their fates. Although all characters are fictional, many of them are loosely based on historical musical icons (Édith Piaf, Josephine Baker, Herbert von Karajan, Glenn Miller, Rudolf Nureyev, etc.) The Boléro dance sequence at the end brings all the threads together.

A high-speed drive through the streets of Paris.

Visions of Eight is a 1973 documentary film offering a stylized look at the 1972 Summer Olympics, directed by eight different directors. It was screened at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, but wasn't entered into the main competition.

2002 anthology film by 11 different directors

安妮（阿努克·艾梅 Anouk Aimee 饰）和琼（让·路易·特兰蒂尼昂 Jean-Louis Trintignant 饰）曾经是一对非常相爱的恋人，然而造化弄人，他们的爱情最终没有能够开花结果，两人落得分道扬镳的下场。一晃眼50年过去，已经垂垂老矣的琼患上了阿尔茨海默症，严重的症状令他连自己的女儿也不认识了。琼混沌的大脑里唯一记得的人，只有安妮。
为了缓解父亲的病情，琼的儿子安东尼（Antoine Sire 饰）想方设法和安妮取得了联系，希望她能够来看一看父亲，以解父亲的思念之苦。谁知道安妮同样对曾经的那段感情难以释怀，两人一见面，压抑在他们内心里多年的情感死灰复燃。

1995 anthology film by 41 different directors

In France during World War II, a poor and illiterate man, Henri Fortin, is introduced to Victor Hugo's classic novel Les Misérables and begins to see parallels between the book and his own life.

A theater projectionist's daughter is involved in the Resistance in WWII, but she doesn’t share his political involvement & only believes in passion. She follows the men she loves unconditionally, suffering betrayal and hardship.

2007 anthology film of 34 short films

A man and a woman meet by accident on a Sunday evening at their childrens' boarding school. Slowly, they reveal themselves to each other, finding that they have something deeply in common.

In seven different parts, Godard, Ivens, Klein, Lelouch, Marker, Resnais, and Varda show their sympathy for the North-Vietnamese army during the Vietnam War.