he wealthiest man in the world, John P. Merrick, is a private person who likes to stay anonymous. One of his many assets, and a minor one at that, is Neeley's Department Store. There is labor unrest at the store, most of the employees' anger directed at Merrick, who they hang in effigy outside the store despite not knowing what he looks like. Merrick, not happy at what he sees going on, decides to go undercover working at the store to mete out the rabble-rousers. Undercover as Thomas Higgins, Merrick gets assigned as a sales clerk in the shoe department, where he is taken under the caring wing of his colleague Mary Jones, who sees in Higgins a poor man needing the guidance of friends. One of those other friends is Elizabeth Ellis, who Mary sees as a possible "Mrs. Higgins". Mary's boyfriend is Joe O'Brien, the chief organizer of the employees, four hundred of whom are following Joe in the charge against the store and Merrick. At the store, Merrick not only wants the list of the four hundred, but also wants to change those things he doesn't like at the store, chief amongst those being his shoe department section manager, Mr. Hooper. But as Higgins, Merrick also begins to see things a little differently, specifically from an employee's point of view.

前工程师斯科特（保罗·路德 Paul Rudd 饰）由于劫富济贫进了监狱，出狱后的他为了争取看望女儿的权利又走上了盗窃之路。没想到一次意外的偷盗事件让他成为了新一代“蚁人”，老蚁人汉克.皮姆博士（迈克尔·道格拉斯 Michael Douglas 饰）成为了他的导师，可皮姆博士的女儿霍普（伊万杰琳·莉莉 Evangeline Lilly 饰）却并不看好他。但是危机迫在眉睫，为了对付强大的敌人拯救世界，斯科特不得不叫来自己的一帮狐朋狗友帮助自己完成一个不可能完成的任务。而取得任务的成功也是斯科特挽回女儿的关键，屌丝能否逆袭就看最后一击。

一九三四年，中央撤离苏区后，冬梅与党失去联系，同一些伤员组成游击队。抗战爆发前夕，冬梅接党指示，任游击队代表与国民党谈判。冬梅严词以对，遭敌人扣留。直到新四军代表到达炳金，在群众声援下才获释。

过气演员诺玛（葛洛丽亚·斯旺森 Gloria Swanson 饰）已经将近50岁，曾经的风华绝代正在她居住的荒废豪宅里慢慢凋谢，身边只有好友马克思（埃里克·施特罗海姆Erich von Stroheim）伺奉。她没放弃重燃光辉的梦想，《莎乐美》的剧本正待编写，而逃避债务逃至此地的没落编剧乔（威廉·霍尔登 William Holden饰），正是这项事业的最佳候选。诺玛收留他住下，给他提供舒适的环境写作，并慢慢的倾心于他。但是，乔并不能接受这个青春已逝的妇人。他拒绝了她，并转过身和另一个美丽的女子谋划新的剧本，他们相爱，打得火热。 诺玛得知了乔的“背叛”，她卑微地哀求他，却动摇不了他渐行渐远的心，诺玛终于举起枪对准正要离开的乔。

二战战俘题材首要经典，英国人的精神胜利法。