影片以日记的形式呈现。无所事事的年轻人米歇尔（马丁·拉萨尔 Martin LaSalle 饰）在赛马场目睹了一个小偷偷窃的全过程，他被小偷那自信优雅的手法所吸引遂即加入了偷窃的勾当。爱读书，坚持虚无主义哲学思想的米歇尔坚信偷窃是一种手指的芭蕾，一场完美的行窃就像一场精彩的行为艺术。米歇尔有一个久违的病重的母亲，在去探望的时候结识了一直照顾他母亲的邻居珍妮（玛莉卡·格林 Marika Green 饰），漂亮的珍妮唤醒了米歇尔心中沉睡已久的感情。米歇尔被警察盯住了，警长虽然三番五次的给了他改过自新的机会，但米歇尔依旧沉迷于他的“艺术”中无法自拔，很快，米歇尔被捕了。
珍妮来狱中探望米歇尔，她向他袒露了自己的真情，米歇尔在泪水中猛然醒悟，当生命中还有所爱的人存在，生活就不会是一片虚无。</p>...
Ray runs North London's most powerful criminal gang, and his nephew Jude is a polished and successful member. Jude's boyhood friend Jonny comes to Jude with an idea he wants to pitch to Ray; Jude is reluctant to mix friendship with business (and family), but he does arrange a meeting. Ray takes Jonny on (he uses his job as a courier to steal credit cards), but Jonny soon finds ......
Pierre is a famous writer and explorer. But one drunken night, a terrible fall leaves him in a coma. When he wakes up, barely standing up and against everyone's advice, he decides to explore France on foot, along the smallest paths....
赛尔(萨姆·赖利 Sam Riley 饰) 是一个追寻灵感，渴望遨游的年轻作家，迪安·莫里亚蒂（加内特·赫德兰 Garrett Hedlund 饰）则是个风流率性，曾几进监狱的不安少年，还娶了16岁的浪荡姑娘玛丽露（克里斯汀·斯图尔特 Kristen Stewart 饰）为妻。然而赛尔十分喜欢迪安充满激情的生活，迪安则钦佩赛尔的风度与学识，三个迷恋自由的年轻人结识后，很快便决定抛下生活，一同行走在路上。他们一路搭便车，吸大麻，行时高歌，醉时沉思。在穿越美国东西的大道上，放浪形骸，追寻自我，燃烧青春。...
<p>Ten years after a tidal wave destroys a small-town elementary school with all the children inside, a young man builds a mysterious structure out of the school's remains, setting the town aflame with passions long forgotten.</p>...
