艾丽丝是一家火柴厂的女工，每天过着单调乏味的生活。她和继父、母亲住在一起，却相处得并不融洽，在家没有个人自由，甚至会因琐事遭到继父殴打。而工厂麻木、枯燥的生活也让她心情烦躁，她唯一的乐趣是到酒吧喝酒、听歌，并因此遇见了一个男人，且匆忙草率地以身相许。而第二天早上，男人留下了一张钞票。对于这一切，艾丽丝并不明白其中的含义，却一厢情愿以为这是爱情。不久，艾丽丝发现自己怀孕了，她找到了这个男人，但他并不想负责任。可是，艾丽丝还是想生下这个孩子，但随后的一场车祸让她失去了最后的梦想。悲伤和羞愧让艾丽丝失去平衡，她到药房买了灭鼠药，对所有曾经亏欠她的人进行冷酷无情的报复，直至警察的来到才结束了这一切
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克里斯与西塞莉是一对年轻的爱人，一个是国际记者，一个是剧场演员，他们挣扎于要兼顾爱情还是要冲刺事业中，爱得很深，又非常骄傲，两个常年分居，独自生活……（by波迪与鹅） In New York, the rookie newsman Christopher "Chris" Tyler dreams on becoming a famous journalist. When his girlfriend Cicely spends a couple of days with him, they decide to get married and Cicely leaves college. Chris's best friend Tommy Abbott is his best man and becomes a family's friend. Chris has his great chance when his editor Frank Carteret sends him to Rome assigned as a foreign correspondent. Cicely stays in New York with Tommy and does not tell to Chris that she is pregnant. When she delivers the baby Kit, Chris celebrates and loses a big scoop and his boss fires him. Chris falls in disgrace and the couple has economic difficulties; however Tommy lends money to Cicely and offers an opportunity on the stage as an actress. Cicely is hired and becomes successful and Chris is depressed with the situation. Cicely seeks out Frank Carteret and explains the situation, and he offers a job opportunity to Chris in Russia. He accepts the job but Cicely stays in New York with their son....
当一位机器人专家将丧子之痛倾注于打造"罗宾"——一个功能完备的机器人时，接连发生的恐怖事件逐渐揭示：这个机械造物正用尽手段，不允许创造者对其他人存有情感，试图独占创造者的全部。
