影片根据真实事件改编，聚焦美国著名电视主持人罗杰斯先生（汤姆·汉克斯 饰）与记者罗伊德·沃格尔（马修·瑞斯 饰）之间的友情故事。一心想要揭露社会阴暗丑恶的新闻记者罗伊德被安排采访罗杰斯先生，作为杂志新一期的英雄人物专题报道。试图借机挖掘罗杰斯先生阴暗面的罗伊德，也正因自己与父亲的矛盾面临着家庭问题和个人困境。而在采访过程中，他被罗杰斯言行一致的真诚善良慢慢影响，与父亲、与儿子、与妻子的关系也正在发生变化……

国中三年级女生秀（陈德容 饰）与同学小莉（陆元琪 饰）友谊甚笃，与经常出入娱乐场所的小莉相比，秀显得太过文静。平静的校园生活中，不时有不良分子，头脑活络的生意人局长等不安定因素掀起波澜。小莉与校外帮派分子小九（张世 饰）的恋情打得火热，对低年级男生阿宝的花式示爱视而不见。因为小九的关系，小莉在校内不良份子面前胆气颇壮。秀在小莉背后尽力维护她和各方关系，但大部分时间无能为力。班主任（庹宗华 饰）对小莉的学业低迷忍无可忍，出面呵责却让小莉选择离校。小九因利益纠纷受人威胁，连累小莉不知去向。秀在广播中听到小莉的道歉，组织几位好友对小莉展开了一场营救行动。

北洋时期，正义的麻匪“北狗”带领手下杀掉了铜山镇的玄武大帅，维护了镇上的安宁。之后，都统手下夏参谋为收回此前在镇上被劫的黄金来找玄武大帅，进退两难的“北狗”为了正义与之殊死一战，保住了铜山镇的安宁。

At the age of eight, the now 25-year-old director caused an incident, which has remained traumatic as he became older. Although it seemed just a trivial matter, something one might expect from children, he obstinately questions his family, friends and teachers about what happened at that time. Worrying over the thoughts of dishonor he saw in his family’s eyes then, he has fostered a self-hatred over the years. As if reconstructing the past with his camera, he attempts to free himself of this self-hatred, shedding tears for himself at times and opening his own wounds, then healing them. What he has discovered through filmmaking was his once sealed “self.” The question now is, where to go from here?