Ian Struan Dunross is chairman of Struan & Company, the oldest and largest of the British-East Asia trading companies. To the Chinese, that also makes him "Tai-Pan" ("supreme leader") of the "Noble House". Unfortunately, with his power, he inherits ancient promises, dark secrets, and deep financial problems on a small island full of people, who want to see Struan fall, so they can become the Noble House. Dunross' worst enemy is the vicious Quillan Gornt, a lesser tai-pan, and he's doing everything in his power to bring the Noble House to ruin. Drawn into the fight between Gornt and Dunross, is an upstart American billionaire, who tries to gain a foothold on the Hong Kong market, and has made a deal to steal something that will give him power, even over the Noble House. Unfortunately, that something has fallen into the hands of a powerful Chinese overlord. "Everybody was watching (and cheating on) everybody." Who will succeed in the end?

在香港生活的珊珊（顾美华 饰）得知祖母在乡下过世，动身返回阔别20年的潮汕老家，为祖母奔丧，同时也是想借机逃离城市里的烦恼。与快节奏的城市生活相比，珊珊的老家依旧保持着记忆中朴实隽永的生活。珊珊与儿时的玩伴阿珍（斯琴高娃 饰）和孝松（谢伟雄 饰）重逢，此时的两人已结为夫妻，珊珊的到来打破了原本波澜不惊的乡间生活。
而珊珊光鲜的城里人生活的背后是不为人知的艰辛和无奈：父亲的早逝、与妹妹的决裂、感情生活受挫……短暂的归乡旅程结束，故事中每个人的人生又会因这场久别重逢发生怎样的变化呢？
《似水流年》获得第四届香港电影金像奖最佳影片、最佳导演、最佳剧本、最佳女演员 、最佳新人、最佳美术指导6项奖。

反黑组警长肥沙（林雪 饰），不慎丢失手枪。这件事非同小可，如果手枪被匪徒用去行凶，肥沙将大祸临头。PTU（警察机动部队）警官何文展（任达华 饰）出于义气，答应一定会在天亮之前寻回手枪，带几名手下开展了寻枪行动。另一方面，却在横生枝节：警员Kat（邵美琪 饰）死守纪律，坚持要将此事汇报上级处理；而在同一晚，CID的Madam张（黄卓玲 饰）在接手一单黑社会谋杀案时，怀疑肥沙与黑社会有染，由此与PTU发生意见分歧。人与人，部门与部门之间的矛盾、争斗和角力，在夜幕中徐徐拉开。而第二天清早，揭晓的真相，原来都在他们的意料之外……