邦尼（艾丹•奎因 Aidan Quinn 饰）在汽车修理厂工作。他有一个智障的妹妹琼（玛丽•斯图尔特•马斯特森 Mary Stuart Masterson 饰）令他非常操心。为了照顾妹妹，邦尼一直单身，因为他不想把琼送到专门的疗养院。某一天，邦尼和琼遇到了一个不速之客——邦尼朋友的远房亲戚萨姆（约翰尼•德普 Johnny Depp 饰）。这个萨姆行为古怪，他在酒吧里可以用面包玩出花样，还会模仿经典影片的桥段，逗大家开心。于是，邦尼邀请他做自己妹妹的保姆。在相处中，两个年轻人渐渐建立了一种特殊的感情。同时，邦尼也遇到了心上人路西（朱丽安•摩尔 Julianne Moore 饰），但是对妹妹的责任感让他对这段恋情有所忌惮。或许是出于对妹妹的爱，他拒绝萨姆的请求，结果萨姆带着琼私奔了。但是，因为改变环境，琼开始发疯，她被强制送进了医院……

　　故事发生在1952年的英国，一次偶然中，作家杰克（安东尼·霍普金斯 Anthony Hopkins 饰）结识了名为乔伊（德博拉·温格 Debra Winger 饰）的女子和她的儿子道格拉斯（约瑟夫·梅泽罗 Joseph Mazzello 饰），很快，三人便成为了好友。
　　为了能够留在英国，独身多年的乔伊决定和杰克结婚，然而这段婚姻却并没能给乔伊带来幸福，她最终还是选择了离开。经过医生的诊断，乔伊患上了不治之症，得到了这个消息，杰克才猛然醒悟，原来自己的心底一直深爱着这个坚强的女人，杰克找到了乔伊，两人重新走到了一起。在往后的岁月里，杰克一直不离不弃的陪伴在病重的乔伊身边，虽然死亡步步逼近，但两人都找到了一生的挚爱。

　　Sam (Matthew Broderick) is the reasonable man in a crazy urban world, the man of thoughtfulness and refined taste in a landscape of Leroy Neiman paintings and beer commercials. The guy would sooner cook for an hour over a hot stove than say `supersize it.'
　　By day he's a store clerk in an upscale gourmet eatery, and these scenes raise a smile, especially for anyone who's visited the actual chain in New York City -- the portrayal isn't far off from the reality. Our man is besieged by hoards of customers who want their imported French cheese cut to impossibly exact standards. His efforts to remain outwardly polite (while you know he'd like to take the cleaver to the relentless clientele) are pretty funny, and will warm the hearts of clerks everywhere. In general, Broderick is in good form and provides the movie with most of whatever lightness it possesses.
　　Sciorra's lovelorn dental hygienist, Ellen, is fine enough, too, and her unknowing interaction with our cheese-slicing hero shows some hopeful chemistry, and you may begin to feel you want to see these two get together.
　　One of the main competitors for our lady's affections, a stockbroker (Kevin Anderson), is played as caricature: he's the beer swilling frat-boy whose idea of after-sex sensitivity is flipping on the football game. He's kind of funny at times, but the movie might be stronger if he was written or acted for us to like him more, instead of having us merely recognize him as the flat-out `wrong' guy in comparison to Broderick's sensitive man. Think of John Candy in Splash, taking a cigarette and beer can to the racquetball game; we know his lifestyle is not the one our hero should emulate, but we can't help but be charmed by the likeable goon. Whereas this character is merely a goon, and pretty unlikable all around.
　　While it's a nice enough light movie for the first half, for me the story was somewhat derailed by its unbelievable (Hollywood) presentation of sex and adultery. (SPOILER AHEAD, skip to next paragraph.) When Ellen returns home after an evening's misadventures, she is naturally faced with the questioning husband (Michael Mantell). Quickly admitting her own indiscretion, she then immediately turns the situation around, demanding to know why the guy had gone ahead and bought a house without discussing it. Granted, it's a valid issue, and granted, many people use this countering maneuver in arguments. What's unbelievable is what happens next: the guy starts responding to her question, addressing the house-issue in a quiet, thoughtful manner. WHOA. You'd be hard pressed to find a married person in the world who, when faced with his/her partner's totally unexpected adultery, would be ready to address anything so calmly. The guy would surely be bouncing off the walls, or else crushed into silence and tears - but see, then we might actually feel for the poor schnook, and we'd see Sciorra's character in a poor light. And since that particular audience reaction doesn't serve the romantic comedy, the story tries to sneak around it. You may start to feel that, like the husband, you're being taken.
　　Further dissatisfaction is just around the corner in the ending. We realize this is where misunderstandings will get sorted out, and our couple will finally see a clear path to one another. We want the satisfaction of rooting for them. But it's marred by another unbelievable character reaction, followed by an abrupt conclusion that feels rushed and forced, too easy and unearned. You may feel as though the movie's cheating on you again...

　　万圣镇的各位鬼怪，已经习惯于在每年万圣节那天出没搞作一下，他们是彻头彻尾的少根筋的生物，只晓得如何吓人。而南瓜王子杰克，是非常与众不同的一个。他已经厌倦了带给人们惊恐的玩意，一心想做出某些改变。偶然一次打开了圣诞镇的大门，让他眼前豁然一亮，杰克心中燃起了要带领兄弟制造圣诞欢乐的决心。
　　但是，这帮万圣镇的鬼怪们似乎并不明白其中深意。杰克绑架了胖乎乎的圣诞老人，吩咐伙计们开始埋头制作圣诞礼物。满脑只有恐怖点子的万圣镇兄弟，又怎能逃过思维惯性，做出令人欢乐的礼物呢。于是，恐怖的、吓人的礼物将在圣诞那夜抛给孩子们，当杰克坐着人造鹿车派出礼物时，一枚高射炮正对准了这个好心办坏事的可怜虫。

　　乔什（马科斯·波麦兰 Max Pomeranc 饰）是一个平凡而又普通的美国男孩，某日，他和父亲弗雷德（乔·曼特纳 Joe Mantegna 饰）一起下国际象棋，竟然奇迹般的打败了经验丰富的父亲。之后，乔什又参加了国际象棋公开赛，一路过关斩将，展现出了惊人的天赋。父母决定将乔什培养成一名天才棋手。
　　某日，一位名叫维尼（劳伦斯·菲什伯恩 Laurence Fishburne 饰）的男子出现在了乔什身边，随着时间的推移，两人之间结下了深厚的友谊。与此同时，父母找来了德高望重的围棋老师布鲁斯（本·金斯利 Ben Kingsley 饰）指导乔什。然而，没过多久，乔什便对日复一日的坐在棋盘前的枯燥生活感到了厌倦。

　　一天晚上杰夫逊·里德被一块力量无穷的流星击中胸膛。这样一来，他就能飞行，能够在一刻钟左右掌握任何一本书中的全部内容，不过不幸的是他有恐高症。此刻他的朋友和家庭都指望他能够保护他们的社区免被可怕的“金贵”破坏。

　　故事发生在十七世纪的法国，安娜（加布里埃尔·安瓦尔 Gabrielle Anwar 饰）在误打误撞之中将国王（休·奥康纳 Hugh O'Conor 饰）送给她的珠宝转赠给了自己的情人白金汉公爵。大臣黎塞留发现了此事，将其当成施展自己野心的大好机会。
　　平凡的小伙达达尼昂（克里斯·奥唐纳 Chris O'Donnell 饰）一心想要加入国王的火枪队，在一场意外中，他结识了三位火枪手阿索斯（基弗·萨瑟兰 Kiefer Sutherland 饰）、波尔托斯（蒂姆·克里 Tim Curry 饰）以及阿拉米斯（查理·辛 Charlie Sheen 饰）。达达尼昂加入了他们的行列，四人的目的地是英国，他们要赶在国王发现事件的真相之前将白金汉公爵的珠宝回收。

　　两名高等法院的法官遭杀手谋杀，法学院高材生达比（朱莉娅•罗伯茨 Julia Roberts 饰）随后开始调查此案，起草一份该案的报告，名为《塘鹅报告》。达比找到了记者格兰（丹泽尔•华盛顿 Denzel Washington 饰），因为他是最后一名见到其中一名法官的人，希望能得到他的帮助调查此案。一天格兰接到了一个神秘人来电，此人自称知道谁是该案凶手，格兰跟踪到了此人，可惜未能拦下他。
　　此时，总统暗中命令相关人士不要插手此案。格兰由此起疑，随后调查到了总统和马氏集团关系密切，而且一切证据都表明，马氏与两位法官的死有着千丝万缕的关系！

　　警长吉恩家中关系紧张，他只能从情妇贝蒂那儿求得慰藉。贝蒂的前夫直升飞机驾驶员斯托米一直蒙在鼓里。另一对夫妇非尼根关系虽好，但他们的爱子凯西在生日前天却遭遇车祸死在医院。汽车司机埃尔的妻子多伦是女招待。多伦对埃尔的酗酒恶习深恶痛绝，一气之下不慎开车撞倒了菲尼根的儿子凯西。隔壁邻居路易丝一边给小孩儿喂奶，一边给提供SQ电话服务，这就是她的工作。她丈夫杰里对此十分反感，反而看上了女提琴师，年轻的佐伊。佐伊一直不嫁人，整日逼问母亲她父亲当年为何无故自杀。佐伊认为母亲有不可告人的事，郁郁而自尽。布什一家与凯泽一家一起去公园野餐。比尔和杰里抛下他们妻儿，去追赶两个骑着自行车的青年女子。他们好容易赶上了她们，想和她们搭讪。就在这一刹那，一场大地震开始了，正驾着直升飞机在城市上空盘旋的斯托米目睹了这一奇观。

　　娜塔莎（杨茜•巴特勒 Yancy Butler 饰）年轻富有，这次专门来到新奥尔良市寻找自己失散多年的退伍的父亲。然而她刚踏入这个城市就遭到了抢劫，失业海员赞斯（尚格•云顿 Jean-Claude Van Damme 饰）见义勇为帮她打走了匪徒。娜塔莎见赞斯富有正义感，就聘请他为自己寻找父亲，为存够钱重新出海的赞斯欣然答应。
　　不久，警方找到了被火烧焦了的娜塔莎的父亲。直觉敏锐的赞斯觉得事情不简单，他在现场仔细搜寻，终于发现了被箭射穿的娜塔莎父亲的士兵牌，从而确定了娜塔莎父亲是被人射杀的。赞斯和娜塔莎通过调查，发现了新奥尔良市有一伙暴徒，他们专门找一些无依靠的退伍军人，然后让富人们像猎杀动物一样猎杀他们。赞斯和娜塔莎决心要将这伙冷酷的暴徒乘之于法！