乔治（詹姆斯•斯图尔特 James Stewart 饰）在圣诞节前准备自杀，这时上帝传来旨意，派天使拯救他，并让他了解到自己一生的使命——拯救那些不幸的人。乔治小时候左耳有疾，在贝德福德镇上的一家药店帮工。他很机灵，深得老板器重，同时也很招女孩喜欢。某日，老板接到爱子死亡的电报，悲痛欲绝，配错了药，幸亏乔治才化险为夷。乔治从小嫉恶如仇，尤其看不惯富人专横跋扈。长大后，乔治一表人才，准备去读大学。这时，他的父亲去世了，他子承父业，协助叔父料理公司事务。然而公司经营状况不佳，在董事会会议上面临破产。如果公司破产，小镇将会有很多家庭陷入困境。乔治力排众议，说服了董事会，但是条件是他要担任董事会秘书长。这与他的大学梦相去甚远。而且，此时他还陷入了对一个女孩的爱恋之中……

在柏林的一家大饭店里。那时整个德国笼罩着经济危机的阴影。在豪华的大饭店里麇集许多来自不同阶层的人物。其中有陷入困境而避风头的财界巨擘普莱辛格，无奈色衰而想自尽的芭蕾舞演员格鲁辛斯卡娅，被赌博弄得倾家荡产而偷窃为生的旧男爵冯盖根，普莱辛格的旧属风烛残年的孤老克林格兰，以及年轻漂亮但贪婪自私的速记员弗兰苓等。 这部第5届奥斯卡最佳影片是米高梅在30年代初期首创“全明星电影”的代表作。全片以柏林的一家豪华大饭店为人生舞台，表现五组人物在同一天之中的离奇遭遇。叙事手法虽然中规中矩，但几位大明星的表演却相当精彩，充分掌握角色的个性和处境，其中有：面临事业危机的俄国芭蕾舞女星、嗜赌的男爵、患上绝症的小人物、企业家等。这些角色以三线交错的方式上演着人生的悲欢离合，剧情发展流畅，场景虽然局限在大饭店中，但人物穿梭流动自然。故事在后来的《柏林饭店》（Hotel Berlin）和《琼楼风月》（Weekend at the Waldorf）中再度出现，并被改编成百老汇歌舞剧。

美国的一个小镇，Jefferson Smith（詹姆斯·斯图尔特 James Stewart饰）是当地的童子军的首领，深受青少年们的喜爱，被选为新的参议员，来到了华盛顿。遇到了他父亲的老朋友，同为参议员的Joseph Paine（克劳德·雷恩斯 Claude Rains饰），并且迷上了Joseph的漂亮女儿。单纯的Jefferson从来没来过华盛顿，在华盛顿闹了不少笑话，被媒体纷纷取笑。Joseph让Jefferson起草一个提案，并让他的女秘书Clarissa Saunders（琪恩·亚瑟 Jean Arthur 饰）协助Jefferson。然而Jefferson却发现，他的这个所谓参议员不过是其他老谋深算的参议员手中的木偶，他发现了他们一个巨大的阴谋。Jefferson决定以自己单薄的力量来对抗那群人，来改变这个腐败的政治环境。到底他能否成功？史密斯先生的华盛顿之旅会如何结束？ 本片获第11届奥斯卡10项提名，赢得最佳原创剧本一奖。

After seventeen years in prison, the former respected Parisian banker Paul Lavond flees with his friend, the lunatic scientist Marcel that is researching with his wife Malita the miniaturization of animals and human beings to improve the resources of mankind. Paul Lavond was framed for robbery by his scoundrel associates Emil Coulvet, Charles Matin and Victor Radin that had stolen his business while his family was doomed to shame, poverty and tragedy. When Marcel reduces the retarded servant Lachna, he learns that the woman is motionless and only responds to the control of his brain and has a heart attack. After the death of Marcel, Paul Lavond sees the chance to use the miniaturization process as instrument of vengeance and he travels to Paris with the insane Malita disguised of Madame Mandilip, a nice old lady and owner of a dolls store. Paul Lavond, using the identity of Madame Mandilip, befriends his resented and estranged daughter Lorraine Lavond and plots a scheme to revenge and vindicate his family name.

一年一度的圣诞节又到了。全家忙着外出欢度圣诞假期，不料忙中出错，将家里最小的成员——8岁的凯文（麦考利•卡尔金 Macaulay Culkin 饰）留在了家里。爸爸妈妈急坏了，可此时他们已经身在外地，一时亦无可奈何。倒是凯文乐坏了，难得一个人在家，凯文将家里布置成了“游乐场”。 两个刚出狱的窃贼将目光瞄向了凯文家。当他们鬼鬼祟祟的踏入凯文家时，凯文凭借自己的醒目和家里的“游乐场机关”，和两个笨贼玩起了“游戏”，笑料百出。凯文最后能否这场“游戏”的胜利？

巴黎风尘女郎玛格丽特约见华维尔男爵却与青年亚芒认识。后俩人在书店相遇，玛得知亚芒每天送花探病，深受感动邀其参加生日宴会。亚芒见她强颜欢笑更加怜惜，遂对她示爱。当晚男爵回来亚芒吃了闭门羹，懊悔之余斥责她无情，请求父亲资助他出国旅行。玛赶去见他并互吐心意，玛同意和男爵分手随他到乡下调养身体。亚芒父亲劝玛放弃亚芒，玛因真心爱亚芒，为其着想，骗亚芒与其分手。几个月后亚芒与男爵及玛在赌场相遇，不料亚满大赢，叫玛随他走，玛拒绝，亚芒盛怒之下加以侮辱，并与男爵决斗，男爵受伤，亚芒畏罪潜逃。玛深爱亚芒，却拒绝任何资助，病情加重，待亚芒了解真相玛已撒手人寰。

舞女伊迪和好朋友离开小镇到大城市谋求发展，吸取母亲的人生教训，伊迪认为金钱比爱情重要，立志要嫁个有钱人，某次舞会上，大富豪TR老先生无意间帮助伊迪摆脱一场命案的谋杀嫌疑，于是她决心追求这位老先生把他钓上钩，与此同时，一个年轻的服务员也盯上了这个美丽又有趣的年轻女郎……

Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between her sons, one good and the other bad.

Sir Karell Borotyn appears to have been killed by Count Mora, a vampire believed to haunt the local village. Now his daughter Irena is the count's next target. Enter Professor Zelen, an expert on vampires who's sent in to prevent her death. At the same time, secrets are revealed surrounding the circumstances of Sir Karell's death.

Haunted by the memory of Walter Holderlin, a soldier he killed during World War I, French musician Paul Renard (Phillips Holmes) confesses to a priest (Frank Sheridan), who grants him absolution. Using the address on a letter he found on the dead man's body, Paul then travels to Germany to find his family. As anti-French sentiment continues to permeate Germany, Dr. Holderlin (Lionel Barrymore) initially refuses to welcome Paul into his home, but changes his mind when his son's fiancée Elsa identifies him as the man who has been leaving flowers on Walter's grave. Rather than reveal the real connection between them, Paul tells the Holderlin family he was a friend of their son, who attended the same musical conservatory he did. Although the hostile townspeople and local gossips disapprove, the Holderlins befriend Paul, who finds himself falling in love with Elsa (Nancy Carroll). When she shows Paul her former fiancé's bedroom, he becomes distraught and tells her the truth. She convinces him not to confess to Walter's parents, who have embraced him as their second son, and Paul agrees to forego easing his conscience and stays with his adopted family. Dr. Holderlin presents Walter's violin to Paul, who plays it while Elsa accompanies him on the piano. The film's original title, The Man I Killed, was changed to The Fifth Commandment to avoid giving "wrong impressions in the minds of the public about the character of the story." It ultimately was released as Broken Lullaby.

一个建筑师试图压抑自己对一个性感女人的热情。

丹尼•达可（杰克•盖伦霍尔 饰）患有精神疾病，某天晚  上他受到莫名的召唤，梦游，也因此逃避了一架飞机坠落在他房间天花板上，这样匪夷所思的事故。 自此以后，他的生活就发生了变化，频频出现幻觉，他时常看见一个兔人弗兰克，后者告诉他世界将在28天6小时48分12秒以后毁灭；他得到了一本书，《时空旅行奥义书》，对书中提到的时空旅行、离线宇宙产生了强烈的好奇。 随着世界末日的临近，杰克的生活越来约诡异，他新认识的女朋友和家人也被卷了进去。看来，杰克想实现拯救世界的愿望，需要付出更多的代价。