Set inside a pre-war duplex in downtown Manhattan, The Humans follows the course of an evening in which the Blake family gathers to celebrate Thanksgiving. As darkness falls outside the crumbling building, mysterious things start to go bump in the night and family tensions reach a boiling point

Charged with leading demonstrations for the democratization movement, student activist Kim Gi-young (Moon Sung-keun) is a fugitive from the law. He sneaks into a mining village on the verge of being shut down, with a fake ID in hand. Feeling frustrated with the current state of activism, which centers around the intelligentsia, he gets a job as a man-of-all-work at a coal factory and meets the motley inhabitants of the mining village. Dae-sik (Yang Jin-yeong) works to support his family in place of his father, who is in prison for instigating a strike. Detective Kang (Lee Su-chan) always keeps a sharp eye on everything that goes on in the village. Then there are strike organizer Cheon Do-seong (Kang Neung-won), fellow worker Jeong (Hwang Hae), Taek's mother (Kim Kyung-ran), and Sun's mother (Jo Ju-mi). Sung-cheol (Park Joong-hoon), whose father is a local bigshot and the owner of the coal factory, lords it over the neighborhood bars and cafes. Angry at his father (Park Kyu-chae) for leaving his mother and marrying another woman, Sung-cheol vents his resentment on the cafe girls and factory workers. Meanwhile, Young-sook (Shim Hye-jin), who works as a prostitute at the local cafe, is becoming fed up with Sung-cheol's violent and demeaning treatment of her. When she meets Gi-young, who is reserved but warm, she begins to have feelings for him and stops selling sexual favors. As the impending miners' strike darkens the horizon, Gi-young and Young-sook fall in love and enjoy each other's company. Then one day, Sung-cheol receives news of his mother's death and wreaks havoc at the cafe. When Young-sook refuses to satisfy his demands, he starts to beat her up. Gi-young tries to stop him, but his intervention brings him to the attention of Detective Kang and he is hauled off to the police station. Gi-young undergoes torture at the hands of the police, but he is eventually cleared of all charges and released. When he finally comes to through Young-sook's devoted care, he tells her that he is a wanted fugitive. His identity is soon exposed and he is forced to run once more. Young-sook decides to leave the village with him, and heads to the cafefor her things. While making her last coffee delivery, Young-sook runs into Sung-cheol, who tries to stop her from leaving. She ends up killing him, and is dragged off by the police as Gi-young waits for her at the train station.

好友罗布（迈克尔?斯达-大卫 Michael Stahl-David 饰）要去日本工作，他的弟弟杰森（迈克?沃格尔 Mike Vogel 饰）和朋友莉莉（杰西卡?卢卡斯 Jessica Lucas 饰）为他举办了一场欢送派对。看到杰森拎着DV只顾拍摄美女玛莲娜（丽兹?卡潘 Lizzy Caplan 饰），莉莉很恼火，指出他更加关注罗布，因为后者才是今天的主角。罗布姗姗来迟，并且感到没落。原来他跟好友贝丝（奥黛塔?雅丝曼 Odette Yustman 饰）的地下情刚刚告吹，这令他异常沮丧。正在此时，贝丝携新男友出现在派对现场，这令好友感到既尴尬又愤怒，而真正的地震危险正在悄悄逼近……本片故事是采用伪DV风格的拍摄而成。

阿寅（渥美清 饰）是一个整日做着奇奇怪怪梦的年轻人，总是幻想自己成为来自外太空的游客。然而，现实中他的生活却充满了挑战和磨难。一次回家后，他不慎卷入了一场争执，导致刚从医院出院的叔叔受到了惊吓。受气之下，阿寅离开了家，来到一个小村落。在村里，他结识了一位正在经历失恋痛苦的年轻人。通过与阿寅的交谈和倾诉，这位年轻人逐渐摆脱了心灵的困扰，并决定前往东京放松心情。在东京，他们一起观赏了一场精彩的歌舞剧，其中的演员红奈奈子的精湛演技深深打动了他们。然而，阿寅却对奈奈子产生了爱慕之情。尽管他的心中涌动着感情，但奈奈子却将自己的事业看得比什么都重要。她向自己的男友表达了内心的矛盾和痛苦，最终做出了艰难的选择。然而，即使面对离别，他们之间十年的爱情也战胜了一切挑战，留下了眷恋和遗憾。这段故事描绘了阿寅在梦境和现实之间的挣扎，以及他与他人之间的相遇和情感纠葛。爱情、梦想和生活的抉择交织在一起，给人以深刻的启示和思考。