"Smoking" and "No Smoking" are two segments of the film which are based on closely connected plays. The original plays covered eight separate stories, which have been pared down to three each for these movies. At a certain point in the story of each segment, the five female characters (all played by Sabine Azema) and the four male characters (all played by Pierre Arditi) have their lives skillfully recapped in terms of "what might have happened" if they had made or failed to make certain choices. For example, "No Smoking" focuses chiefly on the relationship between the mild-mannered Miles Coombes and his infinitely more aggressive and ambitious wife, Rowena.
Delusions of Grandeur
Comedy, History
7.4
Last Year at Marienbad
Drama, Romance
7.4
Same Old Song
Drama, Comedy, Romance
7.0
The Wild Boys
Drama, Adventure, Fantasy
6.6
Mélo
Drama, Romance
6.9
One Night... a Train
Drama, Fantasy
6.0
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
Comedy
7.3
Three Colors: Blue
Drama
7.7
Side Effects
Thriller, Crime, Drama
6.6
Fresh
Horror, Thriller
7.0
Snatch
Crime, Comedy
7.8
Hot Fuzz
Crime, Action, Comedy
7.6
The Shawshank Redemption
Drama, Crime
8.7
Knives Out
Comedy, Crime, Mystery
7.8
Aladdin
Animation, Family, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
7.7
Mystic River
Thriller, Crime, Drama, Mystery
7.7
Oldboy
Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Action
8.3
The Intouchables
Drama, Comedy
8.3
Parasite
Comedy, Thriller, Drama
8.5
Big Trouble in Little China
Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure
7.2
The House of Lies
Drama
0.0
Vivie
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
0.0
Mädchen in Uniform
Drama, Romance
7.2
The Producers
Comedy
6.2
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Comedy, Romance
6.8
Buddhanum Chaplinum Chirikkunnu
Drama
0.0
Magdalena Dobromila Rettigová
Drama, Comedy, History, Romance
4.0
6 RMS RIV VU
Comedy, TV Movie
0.0
Cid
Drama, History
0.0
Middle of the Night
TV Movie, Drama, Romance
0.0
Dancers in the Dark
Drama
4.8
Der Vetter aus Dingsda
Comedy
3.0
Big Girls Don't Cry
Drama
6.0
Autumn in New York
Drama, Romance
6.1
Happiness
Comedy, Drama
7.5
Crazy/Beautiful
Drama, Romance
6.6
The Taste of Others
Drama, Comedy, Romance
6.8
Henry V
War, Drama, History
7.1
Far from Heaven
Drama, Romance
7.0
The Birdcage
Comedy
7.0