一年一度的圣诞节又到了。全家忙着外出欢度圣诞假期，不料忙中出错，将家里最小的成员——8岁的凯文（麦考利•卡尔金 Macaulay Culkin　饰）留在了家里。爸爸妈妈急坏了，可此时他们已经身在外地，一时亦无可奈何。倒是凯文乐坏了，难得一个人在家，凯文将家里布置成了“游乐场”。
　　两个刚出狱的窃贼将目光瞄向了凯文家。当他们鬼鬼祟祟的踏入凯文家时，凯文凭借自己的醒目和家里的“游乐场机关”，和两个笨贼玩起了“游戏”，笑料百出。凯文最后能否这场“游戏”的胜利？

　　在发现各自的另一半是兄妹后，这两个心怀怨恨的前恋人必须在同一屋檐下度过圣诞节，同时隐瞒他们的恋爱史。

　　生活在南非的土著族黑人少年祖鲁（John Matshikiza 饰）与白人少年雷诺（Leon Schuster 饰）曾是无间的好友，然而，一名来自美国的白人女孩罗怡娜（Terri Treas 饰）的到来彻底改变了祖鲁的生活。罗怡娜对黑人持歧视态度，经常欺凌祖鲁，让他心爱的女友也离开了他前往美国。25年后，祖鲁因盗窃罪被捕入狱，被押送回南非继续服刑。在途中，他偶然抢走了南非反政府右翼分子头目代尔哈德（Wilson Dunster 饰）的汽车和一张价值50万元的兑奖券，与多年未见的好友雷诺巧遇。他们一起前往萨恩城，意外获得了50万元的巨额奖金。
　　与雷诺离婚后，罗怡娜已与代尔哈德同居。得知祖鲁和雷诺获得了巨额奖金后，代尔哈德恼羞成怒，决定追捕并处死他们，为了夺回这笔钱财。他们展开了一场生死较量，在逃亡的途中，祖鲁和雷诺不得不面对种种困难和危险，与时间赛跑，力图保住他们的生命和所得奖金。

　　将女儿们送往冬令营，乔许与艾玛这对老夫老妻，终于获得睽违已久的一周假期。偷得浮生七日闲，原想重燃爱火大搞一场，结果发现性致不如以往。面对中年婚姻危机，两人决定积极处理：邀请同事三人行却不太行、去俱乐部找刺激却找到亲戚、嗑药助兴却力不从心提早泄气，还有骚包下属和暗恋老友在一旁搅局，眼看女儿们返家在即，他们到底能不能重拾性趣？

　　女儿宣布要结婚的重磅消息后，震惊不已的拉娜很快又面对另一件惊人的事情：新郎的父亲正是多年前令她伤心的男人。

　　Ancient Worlds is about people and places, politics and economics, art and war, trade and technology, but above all it’s the story of the painful birth and difficult growth of a radical idea first tried and tested some six thousand years ago, and which we are still struggling with today; civilisation. Civilisation has not come easily; it’s something we’ve had to fight hard to achieve, and even harder to maintain, and the greatest threats to it have come from our own talents for destruction. But when we’ve managed to get it right, the benefits have been enormous.
　　When we talk about the ancient world we tend to think of rare and exotic artefacts or the monumental remains of epic architecture; but these are just the empty shells that got left behind when the tide of history turned! The living creatures, the civilisations, that once inhabited these shells were rarely if ever static or stately; they were dynamic, chaotic, and always threatening to spin out of control, because civilisation is based on an improbable idea; that strangers can live and work together in dense urban settings, forging new allegiances that replace the natural ties of family, clan or tribe. It’s an idea we’re still coming to terms with today, but one of the best ways to understand the challenges that are involved is to look at how our ancestors tackled them the first time around.
　　From ancient Iraq to Imperial Rome, Ancient Worlds examines how our ancestors struggled with the levers of religion and politics, art and culture, war and diplomacy, technology and trade in order to keep the complex machinery of their civilisations turning over. Their insights and blind-spots, their breakthroughs and dead ends, their triumphs and disasters are the milestones on the long and winding road that leads directly from their ancient to our modern world.

　　故事讲述诺拉、金妮和玛丽三个儿时好友，她们过去每年夏天都会一起去夏令营。多年后，当有机会重聚夏令营聚会时，她们都抓住了机会。

　　创意写作课的老师（马丁·弗瑞曼 Martin Freeman 饰）与他有才华的学生（珍娜·奥尔特加 Jenna Ortega 饰）发展出了复杂的结果。

　　长久以来，安琪拉（西格妮·韦弗 Sigourney Weaver 饰）和佩吉（詹妮弗·洛芙·休伊特 Jennifer Love Hewitt 饰）都保持着天衣无缝的合作关系，不仅仅是作为母女，同时也作为工作伙伴。而她们的工作非常简单——结识黄金王老五，再通过小小的手段骗取巨额分手费。然而，常在河边走，哪有不湿鞋，春风得意的母女二人不知道的是，她们即将迎来情感和事业上的双重危机。
　　威廉（吉恩·哈克曼 Gene Hackman 饰）是安琪拉物色的最新猎物，与此同时，佩吉却不可救药的和酒吧老板杰克（杰森·李 Jason Lee 饰）坠入了爱河。安琪拉一边为不再像曾经那样听话的女儿所烦恼，一边绝望的发现，自己似乎也陷入了威廉的温柔乡里无法自拔。

小达米安·韦恩发现自己独自一人在韦恩庄园后，在他的城市里面对敌人。