1912年4月10日，号称 “世界工业史上的奇迹”的豪华客轮泰坦尼克号开始了自己的处女航，从英国的南安普顿出发驶往美国纽约。富家少女露丝（凯特·温斯莱特 饰）与母亲及未婚夫卡尔坐上了头等舱；另一边，放荡不羁的少年画家杰克（莱昂纳多·迪卡普里奥 饰）也在码头的一场赌博中赢得了下等舱的船票。露丝厌倦了上流社会虚伪的生活，不愿嫁给卡尔，本打算投海自尽，但被杰克救起。很快，美丽活泼的露丝与英俊开朗的杰克相爱，杰克带露丝参加下等舱的舞会、为她画像，二人的感情逐渐升温……
路易斯·温索普三世是个金融家，他在兰道夫-莫蒂默公爵兄弟公司里有着显赫的地位和优厚的待遇。黑人比利是个流浪汉，为了讨口饭吃，他装扮作残废军人沿街乞讨。一次，比利被警察追捕，情急中躲进了上等俱乐部，不巧撞见了路易斯·温索普，路易斯遂将其交给了警察。莫蒂默公爵兄弟目睹了此事的全过程，兄弟俩对这件事持不同的观点，就命运的问题发生了争执，为了印证他们的话，两人决定以打赌这种形式定输赢：如果条件成熟，比利也可以成为上等人，而温索普同样可沦落到最底层。接下来，莫蒂默兄弟想方设法地将温索普搞臭，使他狼狈不堪，还丢掉了工作和金钱，而接替他的人则是比利。这种巨大的转变将温索普和比利弄得莫名其妙，洋相出尽后才发现了事情的真相。最后，温索普和比利团结起来报复了莫蒂默兄弟。
人人都知道乔安娜（歌蒂·韩 Goldie Hawn 饰）是个富有的女人，同样人尽皆知的，还有她那尖酸刻薄的坏脾气。每一日，乔安娜都和丈夫格兰特（爱德华·赫曼 Edward Herrmann 饰）待在他们那极尽奢华的游艇上，挥霍着时间和钱财。迪安（库尔特·拉塞尔 Kurt Russell 饰）是个平凡的木匠，在一次纠纷中，他不仅没有拿到乔安娜所承诺的报酬，还被她从船上推了下去。
几日之后，迪安发现了一则新闻，一个落水失忆的女人正在寻找她的亲人，而这个女人不是别人，正是之前羞辱过他的乔安娜。经过一番盘算，迪安把早已经被丈夫抛弃的乔安娜接回了家，这样他不仅可以收回她曾经欠他的工钱，他的四个孩子也能得到照料。尽管失忆的乔安娜对自己的处境充满了怀疑，但她还是努力的做着本职工作，在日积月累之间，她和迪安之间产生了真挚的感情。
故事描述华尔街巨子卡比为了赚钱而有意将工厂扩展到住宅区，但遭该地范德霍夫家族强烈反对。范家成员个个性情古怪，次女爱丽丝并在卡比公司担任秘书，又和卡比的儿子托尼相恋，引起卡比的不满。双方的纠纷最后由德高望重的祖父居中调解，卡比也变成乐善好施的慈善家。 改编自获得普立兹奖的百老汇舞台剧，采用喜剧手法宣扬新睦邻的主题，在三十年代面对经济不景气打击的美国老百姓因而感受到人际温情和生活希望，使这部洋溢着乐天思想的影片勇夺当年金像奖最佳影片奖殊荣。导演弗兰克．卡普拉以其一贯兼具讽刺性与娱乐性的手法拍出人情世态的微妙冲突，莱昂内尔．巴里莫尔、琪恩．阿瑟、詹姆斯．斯图尔特等演得也成功。
The snooty Fernanda decides to leave Spain to visit her uncle in San Francisco in order to escape the attentions of the dandy, amorous Don Diego, but he follows her. She is rescued from a wild taxi ride by a passerby who owns a huge plumbing company. Believing him to be a common plumber, she snubs him, but he pursues her and a romantic rivalry is born.
A society girl tries to make a go of her marriage to an archaeologist.
Generational saga tracing the events in the lives of the midwest pioneering Nordholm family, as seen through the eyes of businessman Orin Nordholm Jr., who ages from a youth to an elderly grandfather.
On a yacht sailing from Shanghai to the United States, the sailors, led by the megalomaniac steward, revolt and take control.
A murder trial reunites a former chorus girl and her son, a grandson of an English aristocrat.
Socialite, privileged, Jane Dale and lawyer Bill Shevlin meet in an automobile accident at night, on a dirt road, in a storm, near a hick town which fleeces travelers through corrupt law enforcement.
When an open-hearted folk man, a butcher of the profession, buys an apartment to stay with his family in a block of flats in a lush neighborhood, the tenants are colluding in order to get him away. The only defenders are the concierge and a general who will think of a clever way to correct the situation.
Two different worlds collide: the wealthy influential people on the one hand and the poor and honest on the other hand. Sin, a wealthy boy had been spoiled by his parents and has never realized the importance of self-dependence and how to become a responsible man. The boy lives his life relying on his parent's wealth and power, making him even more arrogant and pompous. Lud, a mute middle-aged man came from a rural area to be a motorcycle mechanic in Vientiane. His wife worked as a market woman and they had a six-year-old daughter. Though Luds life was simple, his family was warm and loving. One day Lud unexpectedly faces the greatest loss of his life caused by Sin.