唐·麦凯是一所中学的看门人，在一场悲剧后背井离乡。25年后，当他回到家乡时，又与老情人重新燃起了爱火，只是，老情人此时正遭受癌症的折磨，但不管怎么说，这次回家带给唐·麦凯的要比希望的多……一个略带惊悚意味的爱情故事，情节基调微微伤感，却在伤感中蕴藏着深厚的情感爆发力。影片的三位主演均为好莱坞的奥斯卡级人物，托马斯·哈登·丘奇曾凭借《杯酒人生》获得奥斯卡最佳男配角提名，伊丽莎白·苏和梅丽莎·里奥则分别凭借《远离赌城》和《冰冻之河》获得奥斯卡最佳女主角提名。
大卫加入了条顿军团（Corps Teutonia），一个传统的德国学生兄弟会，至今仍在进行学术击剑决斗。该组织提供保护和社会发展的机会，但要求学生绝对服从。这部电影让观众深入了解德国传统学生兄弟会——一所面向德国统治阶级的精英学校——的世界。
海莉·迪恩同意帮助帕姆处理她父母的遗产后，她的朋友却杳无音信地消失了，帕姆的男朋友遭遇了一场严重的事故，海莉的男朋友也染上了重病。海莉必须运用她作为前检察官所积累的技能，来确定这些事件之间是否有关联。
二战期间，一群德国士兵被困在一个由妇孺老幼组成的德俄村庄。最开始两队人马战战兢兢维持着和平共处的幻象，而当死亡的扳机扣响，彼此间脆弱的信任瞬间被撕裂，杀戮如同多米诺骨牌一般一路往下，妇孺老幼们开始拿起武器反抗暴行。
影片由六段相互独立又彼此相关的爱之故事组成，描写了六对来自不同背景、有着不同经历的男女，在一个星期内度过的最美时光。第一个故事是关于夕阳之爱，第二个故事则讲述了贫苦夫妻间的爱情故事，第三个故事是关于父女之间的爱的故事，第四个故事描绘了父子之间的爱和同性男人之间的情感，第五个故事则围绕一个大龄单身男警察与成熟离异女医生之间展开，第六个故事刻画了一个修女与一个知名流行歌手之间的爱情故事。六段独特的故事彼此穿插交织，又各自独立完整。在爱的世界中，生活正在一如既往的前行，酸甜苦辣，尽在其中。
UCLA college student Jonathan Moore (Anthony Edwards) is playing a game called "Gotcha" (popular on mid-1980s college campuses as "Assassin" or "Tag"), wherein the players are all assigned a mock "hit" on another player by use of a harmless paintball gun. Moore and his apartment roommate Manolo go on a vacation to Paris, France. After touring some of Paris, in a cafe Moore meets Sasha Banicek (Linda Fiorentino), a Czechoslovakian girl. Eventually, Jonathan has intercourse with Sasha, losing his virginity. Jonathan decides to leave Manolo (who is heading to Spain) and go with Sasha to West Berlin to spend more time with her. Jonathan believes that he is in love with Sasha. There, Jonathan and Sasha continue to have sex and even go to an Oktoberfest beer gathering. One night, Sasha tells Jonathan that she has to go to East Berlin to pick up a package. One night after arriving in East Berlin, Sasha leaves their hotel room and walks to dark street corner. There, Sasha meets a German man who tells her the location of the pickup of her package. Meanwhile, Sasha was being monitored by a Soviet agent, who was sitting in a car at a distance. During the day, Sasha tells Jonathan that if she gives him a certain message, it means that he has to leave East Berlin immediately. At a cafe, Sasha gives Jonathan a package and says that a strudel is inside. A little later, Sasha tells Jonathan to meet her at the butcher shop near their hotel. All of a sudden, a Soviet agent begins to chase after Sasha. Sasha decides to use Jonathan (who is holding her package) to unknowingly get the package over to West Berlin. Meanwhile, Sasha is taken by the Soviet agent and East German secret police. Jonathan goes to Checkpoint Charlie to cross the heavily fortified border into West Berlin. At the East German customs search, Jonathan is stripped of his clothes and given a cavity search. Meanwhile, Sasha is stripped and searched for possible espionage evidence. Vlad arrives at the border crossing to search for Jonathan, however Jonathan passes the border safely before he can be captured. Once in West Berlin, Jonathan feels liberated by the Westernized society. In the hotel, Jonathan receives a message from Sasha to meet him at a specified location. Jonathan finds out that his hotel room was broken into and robbed of his traveler's checks. Soviet agents eventually find Jonathan in West Berlin and chase him throughout a public park. Jonathan jumps into a water canal and manages to escape from the Soviets and stumbles upon a German rock group headed for Hamburg, who offer him a ride to the airport. The rock group successfully get Jonathan to the airport (using full-face makeup to sneak him past a checkpoint) and Jonathan finally arrives in Los Angeles Tom Bradley International Airport and to his apartment. Soon, Vlad and a band of Soviet agents arrive too in Los Angeles. Once home, Jonathan stumbles upon a film canister, which was planted by Sasha. Jonathan visits his parents and tells them what happened in Germany but they cannot believe a word of it and think Jonathan is on drugs. Jonathan decides to call the FBI then the Central Intelligence Agency for help. Jonathan returns to find his apartment broken into and looted. The CIA officer tells Jonathan to give them the photo film canister. At the Los Angeles headquarters of the CIA, Jonathan spots Sasha who looks like she was working there. Jonathan eventually meets up with Sasha. Sasha admits that she is Cheryl Brewster, a CIA agent, originally from Pittsburgh. Out of nowhere, Vlad and his gang begin to chase Jonathan and Cheryl on the UCLA campus. Jonathan eliminates all the Soviets with a tranquilizer gun which he gets from the campus veterinary sciences building. The Soviets are arrested, the CIA agents thank Jonathan for his (indirect) help in obtaining the film, and Sasha tells him she wants to continue their relationship. After they part, Jonathan talks to a pretty student who rebuffs him coldly. As she walks away, he aims the tranquilizer pistol and shoots her in the rear.
