故事发生在宋朝时代，陈世美（马长礼 饰）和秦香莲（张君秋 饰）本是恩爱的夫妻，心怀着远大理想的陈世美决定进京赶考，秦香莲则一边照顾两人的孩子一边留在老家等待丈夫的喜讯。功夫不负有心人，陈世美果然一举夺得了头筹，然而，命运的意外转变也激发了他内心的心魔，他早已经忘记了在老家的藏糠之妻，只想着如何成为驸马爷。 眼看着丈夫迟迟没有归来，秦香莲决定带着孩子入京寻夫，没想到，陈世美不但不理会二人的苦苦哀求，更想要杀死两人灭口。最终，秦香莲找到了包拯诉说自己的冤情，包拯一怒之下将陈世美铡死了。
Different Drummers is based on a true story about two unusual boys in Spokane, Washington in the mid 1960s. In this more innocent time, when body builder Jack Lalanne ruled the airwaves, the two heroes, a couple of elementary school students, make a bold attempt to triumph over mortality through friendship. Eleven year old David is slowing down and is now wheelchair-bound by muscular dystrophy, while Lyle can't stop speeding up. Back then, he was referred to as having a condition called MDB (Minimal Brain Dysfunction) but today he would be diagnosed with "Attention Deficit Disorder." Lyle wants more than anything to get David out of his wheelchair and running again, and he concocts a wild scheme involving a science project, some firemen, drummers, the school principal, a cop and a hand-walk across the school gymnasium, among other things. It works like this: Inspired by his TV idol, Lalanne, and his message of "intestinal fortitude and willpower," Lyle manages to convince David that ...
柯蒂斯（迈克尔·珊农 Michael Shannon 饰）是个建筑工人，非常辛苦地工作养家，幸而和妻子萨曼莎（杰西卡·查斯坦 Jessica Chastain 饰）感情和睦，还有个六岁的听障女儿汉娜。有一天，柯蒂斯被一个非常真实的噩梦惊醒，梦里面有恐怖的龙卷风到来，下起柏油一样的雨，整个镇子被夷为平地。从此类似的噩梦经常出现，柯蒂斯渐渐开始相信，认为这是末世启示，梦里发生的一切都被他带到现实，他开始变得暴躁、沉默，还在家里建风暴掩体，甚至丢了工作。萨曼莎不理解丈夫的一系列变化，认为他生病了，应该看心理医生，还为他花许多钱建毫无用处的东西、买昂贵又毫无用处的防毒面具、丢了工作没了医疗保险大为光火。柯蒂斯的“症状”越来越严重，也越来越为人所不容，他的境遇，取决于他预见的风暴到底会不会到来……
岸田智也（市原隼人）和佐藤葵（上野树里）在大学结识。二人非常合拍，葵还常常给智也出谋划策如何追女生。葵是独立电影制作小组的成员，她要在毕业前导演一部叫《THE END OF THE WORLD》的电影，于是决定选用智也当男主角。无奈毕业后，路开始分叉。葵引荐智也去了一间影视社工作，重遇那晚葵想说出对智也的情愫，然而终究没有开口。 葵不久飞往美国留学。正巧智也抬头，看到天空挂着彩虹。他兴奋地拍下，发送给相隔重洋的葵，但是却得到了葵飞机失事罹难的噩耗。亲人同学都悲伤不已，用她生前的电影去悼念逝者，在智也的心目中，葵也始终朦胧的牵动着他内心的爱。
