17-year-old Rebekka is feeling hollow and empty after her brother Dennis died by suicide two years ago. Dennis' friend Vincent is the only one who can help her through this difficult time. But Vincent is an outsider, accepted by nobody, especially since he jumped off the bridge with Dennis and survived.

Thirteen-year-old Julia has no desire to go on a trip with her father and his new girlfriend. Especially not in the Cologne cable car. But then, in the gondel, she meets Sven, a blind boy.

A widow reminisces on her life after returning to her family home in Greece.

In the life of TV presenter Lisa, everything revolves around her talk show, celebrities and the ratings. There is just as little room for love as there is for her mother Maria. When the 66-year-old loses her memory after a fall in her apartment and wakes up in the hospital, she can only remember that she has never been to New York and sets off immediately. Lisa goes in search of Maria with her makeup artist Fred. She struck gold on a cruise ship that was just leaving for New York. As stowaways, the three have no choice but to earn the passage. While Fred is hired as an assistant by the Greek on-board magician Costa, Lisa and Maria have to work in room service. The crossing soon takes surprising turns for mother and daughter: Maria falls in love with the charming dancer Otto, who supposedly knows her from before, and Lisa takes a liking to the widowed statistician Axel Staudach, who is traveling with his son Florian.

One night can change lives. One night can make the difference between happiness and unhappiness, between life and death. Jan, a clueless law student, discovers the body of a woman in the park - and the suspected murderer. But Tony asks Jan to give him five minutes to prove his innocence. These five minutes will last all night. At the same time, Jan's girlfriend Christine roams the dark streets looking for him. She meets Jan's mentor, Judge Krauss. The judge offers Christine a lot of money if she sleeps with him - a tempting offer. Just like Jan, Christine begins to discover her dark, hidden self that night. For both of them, it is a night full of mistrust, deception, lust and temptation.