生活并不富裕的约翰·Q·阿奇伯德（丹泽尔·华盛顿 Denzel Washington饰）是个工厂里卖命工作的工人。为了养家糊口，两夫妻感情日渐淡漠而导致婚姻濒临破裂。更加雪上加霜的是，不幸降临在了他们9岁的儿子迈克尔身上。 　　一天，迈克尔突然在棒球场上昏倒，当约翰·Q把儿子送到医院后才得知：儿子患有严重的先天性心脏病，需要进行心脏移植手术才能保住性命，这高昂的手术费用远远超过他的医疗保险范围。约翰·Q几经沟通未果，医院主管决定把他们从等待移植者的名单中剔除。此举激怒了作为父亲的约翰·Q。他愤然持枪闯入了医院的急诊室，绑架了无辜的医护人员和病人做人质，要求院方立刻为儿子动手术。这场挑战道德与法律的人性之战，并非想象得如此简单……

每个爱情故事都有一个男主角，一个女主角，还有一个大坏蛋，而这部是一个大坏蛋的爱情故事。爱莎是个热爱生活，乐观开朗的女孩子；古鲁是个杀人不眨眼睛的大坏蛋；一次偶尔的机会，这两个人相遇，爱莎雇佣古鲁绑架一个人。时不时说个笑话的爱莎跟听笑话也不笑一下的古鲁会擦出什么火花呢？他们的爱情故事已经有个坏蛋了，但是命运就是爱开玩笑，另一个坏蛋插入进来，这会让故事往哪儿发展呢？

　　Hampus and Adrian's relationship has gone down increasingly destructive paths and during one fateful discussion it all ends. Hampus and Adrian are no more, but in some way they have to go on living. A healing process divided into stages of desperate attempts to reunite as well as rebounds, which sometimes push them further apart and sometimes closer together.

　　Shelly needs to catch a killer in order to prove her innocence in her brother's murder. Along the way she meets love, sorrow, and prosecution. A journey of self perception as she finally realizes her destiny.

　　Elie, a young woman from the city, has come to a remote North Atlantic island. It's the spring thaw, and she is here to convalesce and get to know the community. The annual seal hunt is in full swing, and Elie feels both drawn to and repelled by the men engaged in it. In this isolated world, people's lives and deaths are shaped by the brute forces of nature. Elie's presence aro...