马克斯（吉恩·哈克曼 Gene Hackman 饰）和莱恩（阿尔·帕西诺 Al Pacino 饰）都觉得彼此相见恨晚，因为个人原因不得不分手的两人约定了再次相见的日子。莱恩是一名船员，在结束了长达七年的海上漂泊作业后，他终于可以回到家乡，回到思念多年的妻子身边。马克斯是一名囚犯，在监狱里服完刑的他决定开一家洗车店，并且修复他和妹妹可莉（桃乐茜·崔斯坦 Dorothy Tristan 饰）之间的亲情。
马克斯邀请莱恩加盟他的洗车店，在见到了马克斯的妹妹和其女伴后，四个血气方刚的成年人迎来了属于他们的狂欢。没想到，放纵让莱恩犯下了大错，他因此被判处30天的拘禁，这段惨不忍睹的回忆，成为了莱恩不幸生活的起点。

奥古斯都与路易斯·卢米埃兄弟，是现代电影之父，本片就是为了纪念他们而拍摄的，每位受到邀请的导演，都要回答三个问题：为什么你愿意参与拍摄这部影片；为什么你要拍摄电影；电影是否会消亡？每个导演还要用当初卢米埃兄弟制造的世界上最古老的摄影机拍摄一段52秒钟的短片，而且有三个规则：52秒；不能同步录音；不能重复拍三次以上。

The 16 years old amateur photographer Charles accidentally takes a photo of Laura - and falls in love with her, when he develops the picture. He finds out that she works as singer in a bar, but is about to be thrown out. Although rejected at first by the 23 years old, he wants to help her and starts an ad campaign behind her back... with unexpected results.
—Tom Zoerner

故事发生在车水马龙的繁华都市纽约，富人们西装革履出席着杯觥交错的盛大宴会，穷人们在黑暗的阴影里沉浸在酒精和毒品所制造的短暂天堂里醉生梦死。不幸的过去让海伦（吉蒂·温 Kitty Winn 饰）的内心里充满了伤痛与迷惘，她想逃离痛苦的生活，却始终找不到正确的途径。
一次偶然中，海伦遇见了名叫鲍比（阿尔·帕西诺 Al Pacino 饰）的小混混，同是天涯沦落人，境遇相似的两人渐渐地走到了一起。随着时间的推移，海伦发现鲍比其实是一个无可救药的瘾君子，海伦沦陷了。毒海无涯，海伦对于毒品的需求变得越来越强烈，无法自控的她甚至选择了出卖身体以换取毒资，知道了这一切的鲍比陷入了深深的痛苦之中。

昔日的名模露·安德烈亚斯·桑德回忆起自己的过往，她曾试图在纽约模特界重获成功，与广告主管马克的恋情，与时尚摄影师亚伦的友谊，以及她逐渐堕落的人生轨迹。
这是一部被时间埋没的电影，由费·唐纳薇主演，展现了一位坠入精神崩溃边缘的时尚模特的内心世界。影片以碎片化、梦境般的叙述结构呈现记忆与现实的交织，是70年代电影中的实验性佳作。

纽约的皮条客是怎么样的？是腰缠万贯的富翁吗？在夏威夷有别墅吗？这可能吗？看似不可能的事情不幸被记者乔那森瞎编了出来，而且一炮打响一夜走红的，可怕的事情发生了……

Two young boys from very different backgrounds become friends in 1933 Stuttgart. However, they don't realize how different they are until much later as one is the son of a well-to-do Jewish doctor and the other the son of a German aristocrat. After that summer and the election of Hitler, things change as anti-semitism gains fervor. After the core of the film deals with that era, the film flashes to the present and the Jewish man now returns to his boyhood home and seeks his old friend with some surprises.

Willie Nelson is a country singer on the road caught in a romantic triangle with Dyan Cannon and Amy Irving, the daughter of one of his longtime musical sidekick.

Respected liberal Senator Joe Tynan is asked to lead the opposition to a Supreme Court appointment. It means losing an old friend and fudging principles to make the necessary deals, as well as further straining his already part-time family life. But it could be a big boost to his career, so he takes it on. Helping him prepare the case is pretty southern researcher Karen Traynor, and their developing relationship further complicates and compromises his life.

A young woman with a long rap sheet who steals cars for a living is befriended by a public defender who tries to steer her straight. But her goal is to steal and subsequently sell enough cars (sometimes the same car more than once) to buy a new Ferrari.