本片是斯皮尔伯格受成长经历启发的初心之作，讲述了主人公萨姆·法贝尔曼（加布里埃尔·拉贝尔 饰）的成长经历。萨姆从小就爱上了电影，并尝试创作属于自己的电影。这一兴趣得到了他的艺术家母亲米兹（米歇尔·威廉姆斯 饰）、计算机工程师父亲伯特（保罗·达诺 饰）以及家中其他人的一致支持。如果说电影是造梦的艺术，那么法贝尔曼一家就是一个“造梦之家”。多年之后，萨姆已成长为一个天才的少年导演，凭热爱创作出一部部令人惊喜的业余电影。但意外的是，通过摄影机的镜头，他发现了一个关于母亲的心碎真相。而这将改变他与整个家庭的未来。

15-year-old Milagros’ world still revolves around her mother’s affection. This summer an unexpected encounter with death will make her question her own existence.

Prom Pact is set at the height of prom season. High school senior Mandy Coleman and her best friend and fellow outsider Ben are surrounded by over-the-top '80s-themed Promposals. However, Mandy keeps her eyes focused on a different goal: her lifelong dream of attending Harvard. When she finds out her acceptance has been deferred, she is determined to do whatever she can do to get herself off the waitlist, even if that means asking for help from the one person she abhors - popular all-star jock Graham Lansing, whose father is a powerful senator and Harvard alum. Once Mandy becomes Graham's tutor, she begins to realize there's more to him than she thought and perhaps something more to life than Harvard.

年轻有为的广告设计师卢家耀（梁家辉 饰）在一次阻止不良分子寻衅滋事中失手伤人，被判服刑三年，在狱中，他因个性憨直得罪了黑帮老大，受尽欺辱，老囚犯钟天正（周润发 饰）看不过仗义相助，两人结为患难之交。钟天正原本有完好家庭，只因嗜赌成性才误杀妻子，身陷囹圄的他追忆往事时后悔不已， 决心走出高墙后重新做人。然而，因为替卢家耀出头，他得罪了狐假虎威心狠手辣的典狱长（张耀扬 饰），自此卷入狱中恶势力的漩涡，走投无路之际，他放弃了“能忍则忍”的处世哲学，决意以暴施暴。