故事发生在1990年全民皆股的年代，小男孩廖界（白润音 饰）与父亲廖泰来（刘冠廷 饰）相依为命，他们相信人性本善，没发现世界正在改变。股市飙涨、物价翻倍，有人一夕暴富，有人意识到现实残酷；单纯老实的廖界父子属于后者。不料，他们碰上了聪明狡猾的“老狐狸”（陈慕义 饰），命运道路可能截然不同。财富与良心两条岔路，该怎么选？

啞吧（金峰）幼時被家人遺棄，自小被賴家獨子金火（張佩山）欺侮，但依然性格善良且樂於助人。金火娶得美麗的新娘秀枝（凌波），然而金火粗暴的個性嚇倒新娘，加上金火與已婚女工阿滿（凌玲）有染，從此對新娘不但全無興趣並經常打罵。啞吧為報賴家養育之恩，隱瞞阿滿與金火的姦情，令金火免牢獄之災。秀枝感激啞吧替夫解圍，為其縫製了一套新衣，遭夫痛毆，並把啞吧驅逐出門。後來賴家遭人縱火，啞吧向賴家奔去捨己救人……

The Kinema Junpo critics were, of course, mistaken to think that Naruse had abandoned his emphasis on women. His next film, Sincerity, features two strong female characters, played by Irie Takako and Murase Sachiko, each of whom have a daughter. The girls are schoolmates, but one (Nobuko) is from a middle-class home and the other (Tomiko) is from a poor family. Tomiko's mother Tsutako (Irie) is a single mother who works from home as a seamstress, while Nobuko's mother lives in an elegant home with her husband, Kei. Eventually, it is revealed that Kei had a romantic relationship with Tsutako, and may be Tomiko's father as well, but he is conscripted shortly after this revelation and goes off to war.This is very much a home front film, in which the women are involved in supporting activities, and the whole town cheers on the new recruits. As Kei is a banker, he is conscripted as an officer. He is introduced brandishing a magnificent sword, indicating his readiness for his call-up, for which everyone congratulates him when it comes. The wartime context is little more than a backdrop to the story of paternity and former love. The complex emotions among the women are conveyed through cutting on eye movements and eye lines, and through the use of the pastoral location.

千里迢迢投奔外祖母的林黛玉（张艾嘉 饰）与表兄宝玉（林青霞 饰）相会，两小无猜，童言无忌，虽惹出摔玉的闹剧，却让他们彼此走得更紧。岁月流逝，兄妹俩两情相悦，心意相托。但他们的爱情为族人所不容，王熙凤献出偷梁换柱之计，令宝玉娶得薛宝钗（米雪 饰）。黛玉悲痛难忍，含恨而逝。得知真相的宝玉弃家出走，遁入空门。本片荣获1978年亚太电影节和金马奖最佳美术执导奖项。[背景] 台湾独闯江湖失败后的大导演李翰祥，重新回到香港邵氏电影公司。适值红楼之风盛行，然而市面上多为粗俗拙劣之作。如邵氏早先一无名导演拍摄的《红楼梦》，另一家公司的《红楼梦醒》，以及更加粗俗的《红楼春梦》和《红楼春上春》，其业余和粗糙实在是对曹公名著的侮辱。也因此饱受中国古典文学熏陶的李翰祥才决定拍出一部艺术水平可与之相匹配的作品出来。演员方面他大胆启用曾参加台湾影视培训班的无名小辈林青霞和张艾嘉。电影开拍之初，李翰祥临时将林青霞和张艾嘉的角色兑换，这个无心之举却使他成为林青霞反串角色的发掘者。