约翰尼（基努·李维斯 Keanu Reeves 饰）是一名FBI探员，正在与老搭档帕帕斯（加里·布塞 Gary Busey 饰）着手调查一系列银行抢劫案。然而这个狡猾的犯罪团伙行事严谨精明，每次犯案均用多位前任总统的面具伪装自己。约翰尼手上唯一的线索只是帕帕斯的推理：罪犯很可能是冲浪爱好者。为了尽快侦破此案，约翰尼决定到海滩学习冲浪以寻找线索，在此过程中，约翰尼结识了冲浪高手普提（帕特里克·斯威兹 Patrick Swayze 饰）和泰勒（罗莉·佩蒂 Lori Petty 饰），他被普提的思想魅力和领袖气息所吸引，爱上了冲浪这项刺激的运动，并与一帮冲浪爱好者结下深厚友谊。然而，在种种相处的细节之中，约翰尼渐渐开始怀疑这帮优秀的朋友就是他要找的神秘团伙……

Charged with leading demonstrations for the democratization movement, student activist Kim Gi-young (Moon Sung-keun) is a fugitive from the law. He sneaks into a mining village on the verge of being shut down, with a fake ID in hand. Feeling frustrated with the current state of activism, which centers around the intelligentsia, he gets a job as a man-of-all-work at a coal factory and meets the motley inhabitants of the mining village. Dae-sik (Yang Jin-yeong) works to support his family in place of his father, who is in prison for instigating a strike. Detective Kang (Lee Su-chan) always keeps a sharp eye on everything that goes on in the village. Then there are strike organizer Cheon Do-seong (Kang Neung-won), fellow worker Jeong (Hwang Hae), Taek's mother (Kim Kyung-ran), and Sun's mother (Jo Ju-mi). Sung-cheol (Park Joong-hoon), whose father is a local bigshot and the owner of the coal factory, lords it over the neighborhood bars and cafes. Angry at his father (Park Kyu-chae) for leaving his mother and marrying another woman, Sung-cheol vents his resentment on the cafe girls and factory workers. Meanwhile, Young-sook (Shim Hye-jin), who works as a prostitute at the local cafe, is becoming fed up with Sung-cheol's violent and demeaning treatment of her. When she meets Gi-young, who is reserved but warm, she begins to have feelings for him and stops selling sexual favors. As the impending miners' strike darkens the horizon, Gi-young and Young-sook fall in love and enjoy each other's company. Then one day, Sung-cheol receives news of his mother's death and wreaks havoc at the cafe. When Young-sook refuses to satisfy his demands, he starts to beat her up. Gi-young tries to stop him, but his intervention brings him to the attention of Detective Kang and he is hauled off to the police station. Gi-young undergoes torture at the hands of the police, but he is eventually cleared of all charges and released. When he finally comes to through Young-sook's devoted care, he tells her that he is a wanted fugitive. His identity is soon exposed and he is forced to run once more. Young-sook decides to leave the village with him, and heads to the cafefor her things. While making her last coffee delivery, Young-sook runs into Sung-cheol, who tries to stop her from leaving. She ends up killing him, and is dragged off by the police as Gi-young waits for her at the train station.

Jeannie（张柏芝饰）是一个空姐，与工程师Alan（陈奕迅饰）相遇在同一辆车上，之后便开始了他们的爱恋。刚开始的时候，两人都打得火热，深深投入到彼此的生活，如胶似漆。跟很多恋情一样，Alan厌倦Jeannie对他管太紧的方式，开始挣扎，Jeannie认为自己已把一切给了男友，便全身心投入感情，但渐渐的两人之间当初热恋的感觉不再，感情转淡。Jeannie努力挽回感情，两人也复合了，Jeannie在这时才发现自己已不再爱Alan了，导致最后分手收场。Jeannie消失于Alan的生活中，独自一人继续游走在繁华的都会里，寻找另一个“十二夜”，她也遇到了另一个令她心动的人。

故事发生在1970年代的中国南方小镇，红旗为了看电影需要借钱，于是她去找收尸工五一爷借钱。五一爷借钱的过程中，偶然目睹了红旗邻家的孪生姐妹大真和小真之一在洗澡。这一瞬间，五一爷被年轻美好的胴体所吸引，这个突如其来的情感引发了他内心的变化，使他重新寻找生活的希望。随着时间的推移，红旗和五一爷的偷窥行为被揭露，大真为了证明自己的清白，努力与男朋友沟通，但不幸的是，她的努力越来越被误解，反而使情况更加复杂。大真的男朋友最终无法接受她被认为“疯了”的事实，选择离开她。大真被抛弃后，她不得不在一个充满孤独和困难的世界中孤身抗争，因为她的清白和真相仍然没有得到承认。