本傑明·芬恩·費尼根（馬修·麥康納 Matthew McConaughey 飾）是一名瘋狂的淘金獵人，淘金的熱情使他無法如常人一般找份像樣的工作養家餬口，他的妻子苔絲（凱特·哈德森 Kate Hudson 飾）也向他提出離婚，並在千萬富翁奈傑爾（唐納德·薩瑟蘭 Donald Sutherland 飾）的巨輪上找了份不錯的工作。一次意外的沉船事故中，芬恩無意中發現一枚碟子碎片，並推斷這來源於一批失落了300多年的皇家財產，而這批財產同時也是他與妻子苦尋了8年的共同理想，芬恩決定這次決不放棄，然而周圍卻沒有一個人相信他的推測。芬恩唯有想出了一個無厘頭卻不失精妙的方法登上了奈傑爾的船，並能言善辯地說服了傑奈爾與其女兒，甚至是苔絲也加入尋寶計劃。然而與此同時，淘金團伙Bigg Bunny和芬恩的前導師已經盯上了他們，一場螳螂捕蟬黃雀在後的淘金好戲，即將上演

A derelict, huddled under the steps of a missionary church, feels enlightened by the sermon of a passionate preacher and infatuated by the beauty of the congregation's pianist, in such a way that he tries to improve his life of poverty by becoming a policeman. His first assignment will be to patrol along Easy Street, the turf of a vicious bully and his criminal gang.

The film focuses on the exciting life journey of Swiss writer Katharina Zimmermann. She follows her husband on a mission to the jungle in Indonesia where she raises their four children and five foster children and lives through the military coup. Back in Switzerland Katharina discovers her voice and finds her path. Now, at eighty, she is writing her life story. Yet suddenly she faces another battle because her publisher is threatening to let her go.