根据真实故事改编，美国历史上最不完善的银行抢案。本该是10分钟完成的银行抢劫犯罪，却变成了12小时的拉锯战。桑尼（阿尔·帕西诺饰）算是美国历史上最倒霉的银行抢劫犯了。一个盛夏的下午，桑尼与同伴塞勒（约翰·卡扎雷饰）闯入纽约市布鲁克林银行，准备实施抢劫。怎奈银行刚刚完成交易，金库内根本没有现钱。倒霉的桑尼与塞勒转而劫持人质，与警方对峙提出要求。但4小时后，劫案现场被围观群众和手忙脚乱的警察弄得像游乐园一样热闹。桑尼走出银行对警察的质问居然赢得了群众的喝彩。8小时后，银行劫案登上了电视节目的实况转播，大家仿佛拍电影一样高兴。而这时夜色降临，人质亦出现了斯德哥尔摩症候群，究竟这场闹剧将以什么方式结束？

1976年7月，盛夏时节。露天晚会曲终人散，人们纷纷回到各自家里，强忍暑热，慢慢入睡。突然，蓝光闪烁、大地轰鸣，一场数年不遇的特大地震发生了，整个城市被夷为平地。邢惠明（赵联 饰）从废墟里艰难的爬出，绝望地呼唤着亲人的名字。庄静娴（贺朔华 饰）如约赶赴约会的桥头，泪眼中已是桥断路陷，哪里还有未婚夫小孟（丁嘉元 饰）的影子。绝望过后，人们开始自救互救，共度难关。市委书记唐晖（张伐 饰）和幸存的党员干部积极投入抗震救灾工作，他委托邢惠明把抚养孤儿的重担挑起来。党中央派人民解放军赶赴震区救灾，郭强（宦荣 饰）、郭晓（杨阳 饰）被子弟兵救出，他们的父亲则在救助他人时不幸牺牲。不久，一座崭新的育红学校成立了......

某年夏天，来自香港各个阶层的一群人组成了一支菲律宾旅游团。在美丽女孩Candy（温碧霞 饰）的带队下，他们来到了这个温暖的热带国度。当地导游阿卜（曾志伟 饰）带领香港游客们四处游玩购物，度过了愉快的一天。入夜，游客们在一家餐厅欣赏了别开生面的演出后，准备返回宾馆休息。就在这时，对面的商铺传来剧烈的爆炸声和密集的枪声。原来数名菲共游击队员在其中进行枪火交易，结果遭遇闻讯赶来的警察，双方爆发激烈的枪战。走投无路之际，游击队员劫持了香港游客的客车。他们以人质的性命作要挟，要求政府释放菲共的领袖。生死存亡之时，每个人都面临着命运与人性的巨大考验……

描述朝鲜战争后南韩妇女的地位。对争取独立，选择外出工作的女性似带有怀疑态度。A college professor’s wife OH Sun-young discovers a new world since she started working at a boutique. She begins to enjoy wearing dresses that accentuate her features, achieve high sales profits, and dances in the arms of men other than her husband. However, the story takes a turn when she is caught in the hotel with the owner of the boutique who has been seducing her. Madame Freedom was already a famous story since the novelist JUNG Bee-suk wrote the series in The Seoul Shinmun. Despite the controversy on the moral issues between the writer and the critics, the book was published and produced as a play by the theater group Shinhyup. The film also set a new box office record of 130,000 and its success brought the boom of melodrama. Its cultural influence is proven to be powerful enough to shake the foundation of Korean film since there have been 5 sequels and remakes since the original.