老富翁爱德华?科尔（杰克?尼克尔森 Jack Nicholson 饰）近年来在公立医院的私有化改造事业中获利颇丰，他为节省成本，规定病房“一房两床”的做法颇受非议，但性格强势的科尔不以为意，岂料他不久被检查出罹患癌症，本欲入住单人病房的科尔在舆论压力下只得与另一位病人——老卡特（摩根?弗里曼 Morgan Freeman 饰）同处一室。汽车修理技师老卡特博闻强识，将三个子女培养成才，但代价是牺牲了...
Middle-aged banker Arthur Hamilton is given the opportunity to start a completely new life when he receives calls from his old friend Charlie. The only problem is that Charlie is supposed to be dead...
Set at the turn of the century, the story concerns a Polish poet living in Cracow who has decided to marry a peasant girl. The wedding is attended by a heterogenous group of people from all strata o...