弗莱迪（史蒂夫·马丁 Steve Martin 饰）和劳伦斯（迈克尔·凯恩 Michael Caine 饰）是两个在“江湖”上漂泊了多年的花花公子，他们的目标是寂寞多金的单身女子，靠欺骗她们的感情从中获利。从某种意义上来说，弗莱迪和劳伦斯也算是老同行了，因此，他们之间的明争暗斗也从未停息。
一个名叫珍妮特（格伦妮·海德利 Glenne Headly 饰）的姑娘出现在了两个爱情骗子的面前，她的漂亮和性感很快吸引了两人的注意。以珍妮特为目标，弗莱迪和劳伦斯打了一个赌，谁先获取了珍妮特的芳心，谁就是当之无愧的女性杀手，两人随即展开了行动。然而，令两人万万没有想到的是，在这场游戏中，事态的发展逐渐脱离了他们的掌控。

美国独立二百周年之际，精心筹备竞选活动的总统候选人，穿插其中的社会名流，借机扬名的乡村歌手，疯狂追捧的歌迷，冷眼旁观的BBC记者……各色人物你方唱罢我登场。在盛大的晚会上，女明星被刺杀使整部电影达到了最高潮。“你可以说，我不自由，但我并不为此而担忧”——在片尾冷漠的歌声中，镜头迅速地掠过场下喧嚣的人群，在那些呆滞或扭曲的面孔背后，是已被大众文化腐蚀而失去独立意识的空洞灵魂。
擅长处理群戏的罗伯特•奥尔特曼以其出色的调度与控制力，在“喋喋不休”的对白与“混乱无序”的场景中，精确地描绘了越战阴影下美国芸芸众生的人情性态，并深刻揭示出普世欢腾气氛下的美国社会精神危机。本片获得奥斯卡最佳电影与最佳导演等提名，堪称美国70年代电影代表佳作。

茱莉亚（Cathleen Nesbitt 饰）年事已高，家财万贯，可是没有子嗣，也就没有名正言顺的继承者，为此，她找到了女巫师布兰奇（芭芭拉·哈里斯 Barbara Harris 饰）。茱莉亚告诉布兰奇，她的妹妹曾有一个私生子，被她送给别人抚养，如今，她想找到这个可怜的孩子，让他继承家产。
就这样，布兰奇和情人乔治（布鲁斯·邓恩 Bruce Dern 饰）一起展开了调查，得知领养茱莉亚外甥的那个家庭全员葬身于大火之中，而放火的不是别人，正是他们想要找的那个人——爱德华（威廉姆·德瓦内 William Devane 饰）。如今的爱德华改名换姓，成为了一位珠宝商，狡猾的他害怕当年的罪行曝光，于是雇佣了当年帮他脱罪的马罗尼（艾德·劳特 Ed Lauter 饰），让他将布兰奇一行人杀死。

本片的主要人物是一个中产家庭的两母女，母亲是典型的贤妻良母，女儿则是活泼好动，个性男性化的中学生。由于女儿不听管教，母女二人经常抱怨，希望成为对方。就在他们说出这句话的同时，奇迹发生了，他们的灵魂进行了互调。由于个性和修养的截然不同，母亲和女儿对调身体以后当然不能适应，而闹出一连串的笑话。

《哦老爸，可怜的老爸，妈妈把你挂在衣橱里，我好难过》是Arthur Kopit创作的第一部话剧。该剧于1962年在外百老汇的Phoenix Repertory Theatre首演，后来于1963年到百老汇的Morosco Theatre演出47场。1967年，这部话剧被改编为同名电影，由Richard Quine导演，Rosalind Russell、Robert Morse和Barbara Harris主演。
Arthur把这部剧称为“三幕的闹剧”，故事讲述母亲到加勒比地区一个奢华的旅游胜地旅行，带着她的儿子和死去的丈夫（被保存在他的棺材里跟着一起旅行）。

12岁的小尼克和莫瑞叔叔﹝杰森罗拔兹饰﹞同住，莫瑞总是希望多一事不如少一事，但麻烦却总爱找上他。儿童福利中心的社工们希望莫瑞能有个正常的家庭关系，否则就要将小尼克送走，他们该如何是好？

2 quirky Manhattanites crash into each other cute at an ophthalmologist's office. Peter is a grouchy cartoonist/author whose vision is failing, divorced mother Theresa is also reluctant to plunge into a relationship right now. It's not love at first sight - both have their eyes dilated, plus Peter constantly lampoons women in his work, which book seller Theresa knows well. Loosely based on James Thurber's drawings "The War Between Men & Women," and Thurber's life, the film features animated sequences.

Three movie genres of the 1930s, boxing films, WWI aviation dramas, and backstage Broadway musicals, are satirized using the same cast.

Garry Trudeau's classic characters (Mike Doonesbury, Zonker, etc.) examine how their lifestyles, priorities, and concerns have changed since the end of their idealistic college days in the 1960's.

Film version of the Neil Simon play has three separate acts set in the same hotel suite in New York's Plaza Hotel with Walter Matthau in a triple role. In the first, Karen Nash tries to get her inattentive husband Sam's attention to spruce up their failing marriage. In the second, brash film producer Jesse Kiplinger tries to get his former one-time flame Muriel to see him for what he stands for. In the third, Roy Hubley and his wife Norma try and try to get their uncertain-of-herself daughter out of the bathroom before her approaching wedding.

A father and son lawyer duo take a variety of cases that often deal with the important issues of the day.

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 harrowing look at the 60s and early 70s through the eyes of Katherine Alman, a wealthy debutante who slowly, but inexorably spirals down into a fight for the causes that shook a nation, leading a path to the underground life. Written by Miguel Cane