The Next Best Thing

(2000)

Cautious 40-year-old Yui Katakura gets a cancer diagnosis with one year to live, transforming her outlook. She meets Sena, a broke pink-haired host, pays 720,000 yen for his company, and their unusual bond evolves into unexpected love.

A newly sober man's Christmas Eve dental emergency leads to an unexpected romance with his older dentist as they explore Baltimore together.

British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than advertised, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways.

Annie (the long-suffering girlfriend of Duncan) has an unlikely transatlantic romance with once revered, now faded, singer-songwriter, Tucker Crowe, who also happens to be the subject of Duncan's musical obsession.

A Naughty-or-Nice inspector evaluating a girl's Christmas status falls for her widowed father, making her question the strict rules of her consulting firm and forcing her to choose between protocol and love.

Suicidal Rob starts dating a colleague at the supermarket. But whenever they have sex, his dead girlfriend, Nina, pops up.

Aspiring photographer Amy travels to a remote lodge to find mythical waterfalls and falls for the handsome tour guide, Mark.

Lou mostly keeps to herself, grandmother Frida grieves for her husband's death, Tom isn't good at anything, and Henrik always finds the right book in his second-hand bookshop.

Best friends Dineo and Noni plan to take on the party scene together, but things change when Noni's boyfriend spontaneously proposes.

A chronically-depressed screenwriter desperately tries to cure his condition when he meets the girl of his dreams.