清同治三年的1864年，假太监安得海自恃得西太后慈禧（刘晓庆）的宠爱，在朝中为所欲为，连同治皇帝（陈道明）也不放在眼中。当得知同治皇帝与宫女桂莲（巩俐）相好时，有心染指桂莲的他求得慈禧恩准，以将桂莲赐配给他“二哥”为名，想逼其与他成婚，不料桂莲性烈宁死不从，安得海恼羞成怒，将她卖进了天桥妓院。同治皇帝敢怒不敢言，私访天桥妓院，并借安德海南下之机，传旨山东巡抚丁宝桢将其就地正法，与慈禧嫌隙渐深。得知同治染上梅毒后，慈禧不准皇后生育，同治含恨而死，不久，皇后自尽，东太后慈安（陈烨）也神秘驾崩。

畅销书作家保罗?谢尔顿（詹姆斯?凯恩 James Caan 饰）带着他的最新作品《米瑟莉》驱车走在回家的路上。途中他遭遇了可怕的暴风雪，轿车发生侧翻事故，保罗的双腿严重受伤，幸好被独居在附近山顶的护士安妮?威尔克斯（凯西?贝茨 Kathy Bates 饰）及时相救。安妮是保罗的头号书迷，在她的悉心照顾下，保罗的伤势日渐好转。但当她获悉喜爱的女主人公在保罗的新书中已经死亡，却难以遏制心中的怒火，通过各种手段向保罗施加报复，逐渐将作家逼向了绝望……影片根据恐怖小说大师斯蒂芬?金的同名小说改编，女主角凯西?贝茨凭借此片中的疯狂又反复无常的表演，成功斩获了第63届奥斯卡的最佳女演员奖。

《父母心》是獨立電影人約翰．卡薩維蒂於六十年代遇上荷里活製片之產物。故事講及精神科醫生畢蘭加士打聘請了來自音樂學院的朱迪．格蘭，於兒童精神病院利用嶄新手法教導外界認為無可救助的精神病兒童吉娜．羅蘭茲。片中兒童皆來自加州其中一間兒童精神中心，將這班被遺忘的一群真實地呈現在觀眾面前。都市人面對種種生活壓力，大量社會問題備受關注。當面對社會的陰暗面時，主流社會最初會以迴避的態度面對，而經過大量之社會運動、媒體報導等以令社會更多元、開放，以積極的態度去面對。這種社會心態轉變可能用上半個世紀，甚至更長時間。其中兒童問題從來都是一個敏感議題，而卡薩維蒂早在六十年代已利用光影之間揭示社會鮮為人知的一面，廣泛引起主流社會討論。卡薩維蒂是一位極具才華的獨立電影導演，游走於荷里活製作和獨立電影之間，利用偏鋒路線打破固有荷里活電影記事模式，注重強烈的演員性格去反映現實社會。本片被評為卡氏最為大膽作品之一，其寫實性令人嘆為觀止，創新起用精神病兒童在作品中表演。深刻地勾勒出這批非主流兒童的困境，打破大眾對他們的形象。而憑藉這齣先驅作品，我們更可以反思現時香港社會在這方面的缺失。As a result of co-operation between Cassavetes and Hollywood's producers, A Child is Waiting was shown in the 1960s. Burt Lancaster, a psychiatrist, hires Judy Garland to work at a psychiatric facility for children. Garland uses an innovative method to teach a mentally retarded child, Gena Rowland, who the world has turned its back on. Patients in the film were from a real life psychiatric institution, where this group of forsaken children was being honestly presented to the audience.City life is filled with all sorts of stress and problems. When facing the dark side of society, the mainstream community usually takes refuge in escapism. It is only after waves of social movements and media coverage that the people's attitudes about these problems would change and that they would take affirmative action about it. This process might take half century or longer. Children issue has always been a sensitive subject, yet Cassavetes has already chosen to show its untold stories in his film in the early sixties to arouse public discussion.Cassavetes was a talented independent filmmaker who also engaged in Hollywood productions. His works emphasized on his actors, and through their characters, instead of traditional storytelling techniques, explored the realities of society. This film was hailed as the most daring piece of Cassavetes' works. Its realism was praised, especially of his inclusion of real life patients. The patients' difficulties were profoundly illustrated so as to eradicate the public's prejudice against them. From this avant-garde work, we can even reconsider the situation of these issues in Hong Kong.source: Hong Kong Arts Centre

改编自2018年泰国洞穴救援事件，讲述在泰国清莱省一个被洪水淹没的洞穴中，营救多名野猪足球队队员和教练的故事。