故事从慈祥的爷爷给生病的孙子讲故事说起，爷爷带来一本厚厚的童话故事书《公主新娘》。这个世代相传的童话故事讲述了一段爱与冒险的真爱故事。善良美丽的少女布卡特（罗宾·怀特 Robin Wright 饰）住在宁静的小村庄弗洛林，她与少年维斯特雷（加利·艾尔维斯 Cary Elwes 饰）青梅竹马两小无猜，两人很快陷入热恋。然而贫穷的维斯特雷希望给布卡特更好的生活，于是扬帆远航离开了村庄。但是维斯特雷的船并没有到达目的地，传言说他死在了海盗的手里。五年后，伤心欲绝的布卡特成为了王子胡姆普丁克（克里斯·萨兰登 Chris Sarandon饰）的未婚妻，可她并不爱他，她的心里仍苦苦思念着真爱维斯特雷。一次意外让布卡特再次遇见了维斯特雷，然而邪恶的王子却绑架了布卡特，并逼迫她嫁给自己。此时的维斯特雷已是一位勇敢强壮的海盗，为救真爱，他与武艺超群的剑客埃尼戈·蒙托亚（曼迪·帕廷金 Mandy Patinkin饰）、力大无比的巨人菲兹克（安德烈·捷安特 André the Giant饰）一起踏上了拯救公主之路。
　　本部童话式爱情冒险电影《公主新娘》，荣获1988年第60届奥斯卡金像奖最佳原创歌曲提名，1987年第12届多伦多国际电影节人民选择奖-最佳故事片奖以及1988年第15届美国电影电视土星奖最佳奇幻电影。

　　Because I could not stop for Death, he kindly stopped for me; the carriage held but just ourselves and immortality” – Emily Dickinson
　　If Death took a holiday, the guns would go silent in Iraq, the slaughter on our nation’s highways would cease, and the news media would be compelled to cover positive events in the humanities, arts, and sciences. Unfortunately, Death has not had a vacation in recorded history, but Mitchell Leisen’s 1934 fantasy, Death Takes a Holiday, allows us to consider the possibility. Co-written by Maxwell Anderson and Gladys Lehman and based on the play "La Morte in Vacanza" by Alberto Casella, Death Takes a Holiday stars Frederic March as the Grim Reaper who takes on human form in an attempt to discover why men fear him so much. Why he has waited 5,000 years to satisfy this curiosity is not explained.
　　[Spoiler] After a brief tryout as a shadowy figure who scares the daylights out of those that cross his path, Death shows up at, of all places, an upscale party at an Italian villa, posing as the mysterious Prince Sirki. Only one person knows who he really is, the host Duke Lambert (Guy Standing), and he is sworn to secrecy. Sirki proceeds to fascinate the guests. Given to bursts of wit and poetry, he can just as quickly turn sullen and threatening, and some soon find out that it is better not to look too deeply into his eyes. During the three days in which the Prince is at the villa, however, people all over the world miraculously escape death and potential suicides are doomed to frustration.
　　To see what’s behind all the conversation about love, the suave but naïve Prince Sirki falls for the irresistible Grazia (Evelyn Venable), the daughter of one of Duke’s friends. Grazia knows who Death is but does not fear him, much to the chagrin of her fiancé, Corrado (Kent Taylor) who has developed a strong disdain for Prince Charming.
　　More sinister than Brad Pitt in the 1998 remake Meet Joe Black, March turns in a very convincing performance as the creepy yet strangely appealing guest. Although the ending is melodramatic, the emotions are very real and the suggestion that Death may in reality be a friend disguised as a foe is quite touching.
　　(Howard Schumann, talkingpix.co.uk)
　　In this wearisome and predictable plot line, Death falls in love and bores us to death talking about it.
　　(Dennis Schwartz, homepages.sover.net)
　　I've heard DRACULA was advertised with the tag line "The Weirdest Love Story ever told!" (this is probably a paraphrase), but at heart, I've never felt that you could honestly call that movie a love story. The tag line would be much more appropriate for this one, since it ultimately boils down to what amounts to a love story. This movie is very good indeed, particularly if you consider that it is built around a concept that could have easily been handled in a cute or facile manner. Instead, it is handled as seriously as possible, with some real thought put into how death would try to come to terms with a life and an outlook that was to that point totally unfamiliar to him; much of the credit does go to Fredric March in the title role. It's quite scary when it needs to be, particularly during the first twenty minutes. From then on, it deals with its themes with subtlety, a quiet wit, an enduring sadness, and an everpresent tension on how Death might react if crossed. It's not perfect; some of the dialogue is self-conscious and artificial, as if the writers knew they were dealing with weighty issues and were trying to be profound. But I am certainly glad they didn't try to turn it into a musical comedy of sorts.
　　(Dave Sindelar, scifilm.org)
　　See also the remake: Death Takes A Holiday (1971)

　　A famed American author, Sophie, who travels to Scotland and finds herself wanting to buy a castle, but the prickly owner, a Scottish Duke named Myles, is reluctant to sell to a foreigner.

　　斯宾塞.屈塞与凯瑟琳.赫本搭档的喜剧，可以说是永远长青的。在本片中两人是一对夫妻，一个是检控官，一个是辩护律师，两人在法庭上永远各不相让，甚至因此影响了他们法庭下的日常生活。 在处理一起妻子想要枪杀不忠丈夫的案件中，两人再次针锋相对。但这一次，随着案件的进展，他们也因此再一次重温婚姻和爱情的含义。

　　在博物馆工作的古生物学家David Huxley（加里·格兰特 Cary Grant 饰）最近春风得意：即将和女友结婚，又千辛万苦得到了一块恐龙骨头，博物馆即将得到一位Random夫人的捐资。然而他的好运似乎在遇见Susan Vance（凯瑟琳·赫本 Katharine Hepburn 饰）的那一刻“结束”了。Susan是一个富家女，她的弟弟刚刚从南美洲给她寄回了一头叫“Bbay”的豹子，并让她把豹子带给她的姑妈。Susan坚持认为David是一名动物学家，让他一起把Baby一起送去远在康涅狄格州的姑妈家。一路上两人闹了不少笑话，而到了姑妈家，David发现Susan的姑妈就是Random夫人（May Robson 饰），而Random夫人似乎对David印象不佳，捐资之事岌岌可危；更糟糕的是，那块恐龙骨头似乎和Baby一起失踪了。一方面，爱上了David的Susan正在用尽一切方法阻止David回去和女友结婚，另一方面，David又迫切地想要赶回去，事情正在变得越来越复杂而有趣......
　　本片入选美国电影学院评选的一百部经典美国电影。

　　根据约翰·葛林的畅销书改编，故事背景设定在圣诞前夜的一场百年一遇的暴风雪中，几个高中生发现了意想不到的机遇，也发现了考验他们友谊、爱情生活和对未来抱负的复杂因素。

　　Siskel and Ebert once ran a special show entitled "Movies I'm Embarrassed to Admit I Liked." I suppose that if I composed such a list of guilty pleasures, this one would be one of them . . . but upon reflection, it's really a lot better than that. Fifteen year-old science prodigy Mitch (Gabe Jarret) is recruited by ambitious college professor William Atherton (in yet another of his patented roles as a loathsome character) to work on the professor's prize laser project, not knowing that the prof is really developing a government weapon. Along the way, Mitch is befriended by Chris (Val Kilmer), another prodigy a few years his senior who teaches the Mitch how to loosen up.
　　This could have degenerated into nothing more than just another teen revenge comedy, but there's so much more: the dialogue is laced with sharp wit; there are some lovely scenes that have nothing to do with the story yet are carefully set up, almost as blackouts (e.g., Mitch goes to a lecture at which a few students have left tape recorders instead of attending; later, at another lecture there are more tape recorders than students; and, in a final scene, one large tape recorder gives the lecture to a room populated by nothing but other small recorders!); and throw-away scenes that make you want to stop and back up the tape (e.g., Chris off-handedly cutting a slice off a bar of solid nitrogen to make a slug for the coffee machine).
　　It's also one of the few movies to boast the presence of the memorable Michelle Meyerink -- as Jordan, the "girl-nerd" who made being smart and female something to be emulated. And there's Tears for Fears great song, "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" providing the perfect coda as the closing credits begin to roll . . . . Yes: really now, what's there to be embarrassed about?

　　When successful New York marketing executive Katherine discovers her workaholic ways are taking a toll on her eight-year-old son, Zac, she decides to spend Christmas with him and her mother, Lilly in her home town on the bayou. When Caleb tries to rekindle a childhood romance and convince her to move back home, Katherine is torn between the bright lights of the big city and the quiet, gentler rhythms of her Southern roots. Only a Christmas miracle orchestrated by Papa Noel can steer her heart to her true home.

　　迈克（萨姆·沃辛顿 Sam Worthington 饰）和乔安娜（凯拉·耐特丽 Keira Knightley 饰）是一对令人羡慕的年轻夫妻，迈克拥有安稳工作、乔安娜是自由作家，二人居于曼克顿的时尚住宅，生活无忧。两人出席迈克的工作派时，乔安娜发现新来的女同事罗拉（伊娃·门德斯 Eva Mendes 饰）对丈夫态度暧昧，心情不佳，而迈克对妻子反应亦不以为然。没过多久，迈克和罗拉一起去外地出差，同时心神不安的乔安娜则在曼哈顿街头巧遇了曾经深爱过的旧情人艾力克斯（吉约姆·卡内 Guillaume Canet 饰）。
　　在这一夜，迈克能够抵抗住美丽罗拉诱惑？乔安娜又会不会和艾力克斯旧情复燃？精神外遇或肉体外遇，哪一种出轨方式对婚姻杀伤力最大？这一对伴侣是否可以回到原来平静的生活？

　　故事发生在地广人稀的南方工业小镇中，闭塞的环境和苍白的日常让生活在那里的年轻人们脑袋里充满了奇思妙想。保罗（保罗·施耐德 Paul Schneider 饰）是小镇上出了名的花花公子，时至今日，你已经很难在当地找到一个没有和他发生过关系的女孩子了，不过，这些女孩子中并不包括诺瓦（佐伊·丹斯切尔 Zooey Deschanel 饰）。
　　纯洁的诺瓦理所当然地吸引了保罗的注意，未经人事的她亦很快就坠入了保罗一手制造的温柔乡之中无法自拔。尽管所有人都不看好这段荒唐的感情，但身陷其中的保罗和诺瓦两人依然坚信，他们的未来是光明而又美好的。然而，随着时间的推移，一些棘手的问题开始露出了端倪。

　　《因为爱情》系列电影之一，叙述一对夫妻从相识、相爱、结婚到分离的过程。导演奈德班森从编写剧本直到拍摄，历经整整八年时间，女主角洁西卡雀丝坦在受邀拍摄后，建议他再推出女方版本的《因为爱情：在离开他以后》。
　　不同于男方版本《因为爱情：在她消失以后》以詹姆斯麦艾维的视角出发，本片描绘洁西卡雀丝坦饰演的伊兰诺因曾经的悸动与浪漫变成空虚迴圈，崩溃地只想逃离婚姻生活。在睿智、洒脱的父母，以及知心好姊妹的相伴下，她振作精神剪了俐落短髮，回到学校决定重新出发。然而，在能真正走出悲伤，展开圆满自在的新生活之前，伊兰诺似乎得先好好整顿对旧情的眷恋…。

　　影片来自于真实的故事，小镇上的记者亚当（约翰·卡拉辛斯基 John Krasinski 饰）和绿色和平组织的一位志愿者瑞秋（德鲁·巴里摩尔 Drew Barrymore 饰）加入到了拯救北极圈灰鲸的行动中去。 两人必须联合阿拉斯加的因纽特人，对抗石油公司以及苏联和美国的军队的反对——在当时的冷战背景下，他们终于得到了世界的关注，冷战的阴影也因拯救这种濒临灭绝的动物行动而得到缓解。

　　在快乐的动物王国里，残暴的狮子和奸诈的毒蛇，赶走了真正的国王实施暴政，只有狐狸罗宾汉敢和他们作对。虽然恶狼警长设下许多圈套，但是勇敢机智的罗宾汉最后还是战胜邪恶，将所有的坏蛋赶出森林。

　　Based on the best selling novel from by Sylvain Reynard.

　　有舞王之称的DJ·威廉斯（哥伦布·绍特 Columbus Short 饰）就刚刚经历了一场因为飙舞而引起的社团争斗，他一直呵护的弟弟在这场流血事件中意外丧生。身心俱疲的他来自洛杉矶，到来亚特兰大一所黑人学校进修。
　　在新环境里感到非常不适应的他，自从加入了一个街舞爱好者同盟会之后，生活开始有了翻天覆地的变化。他的出众舞技在这里得到施展，同盟的人在景仰之余，都期待他能帮助同盟会夺取大家垂涎已久的全国街舞大赛冠军。然而他们不知道的事，纵然有出神入化的舞技，在成为同盟会最有竞争力的主心骨之前，DJ必须面对的是如何抛开残酷的往事带给他的种种阴影。DJ是否能够重新站起身来，正视前方的道路，在这条自己曾经深深热爱的街舞道路上勇往直前呢？

　　哲学教授兼作家哈利（摩根•弗里曼 饰）经常光顾一间咖啡店，在那里目睹了形形色色的爱情故事。
　　咖啡店老板布拉德利（格雷格•金尼尔 饰）因与妻子凯斯林（塞尔玛•布莱尔 饰）离婚而陷入苦闷，他为此与偶遇的房地产经纪人戴安娜（拉达•米切尔 饰）闪电结婚，又因后者对已婚情人大卫（比利•巴奇 饰）念念不忘，而闪电离婚。绝望的布拉德利尝试和爱犬为伴，然而美貌温柔的阿加莎（米茜•派尔 饰）意外出现，打乱了他的心。
　　与此同时，咖啡店的服务生奥斯卡（托比•海明威 饰）和克罗伊（爱丽克莎•黛奥洛斯 饰）走在了一起，他们为共同的未来制定种种计划，并对家庭生活产生了无限的憧憬……

　　米拉贝尔（克莱尔·丹尼斯 Claire Danes饰）是一个刚走出校门不久的姑娘，在一个百货商店里做导购小姐。清纯未脱的她在众人当中显得如此特别，吸引了两个男人的心。一个是有钱商人雷（史蒂夫·马丁 Steve Martin饰），另一个是年轻画家杰里米（杰森·施沃茨曼 Jason Schwartzman饰）。
　　雷行事稳重，风度卓越，是很多女子心中的标准对象。米拉贝尔也对他颇为倾心，然而苦恼也随之而来：虽然和雷在一起，可以得到一个安稳的未来，但雷总是与她保持着一定的距离，这使得米拉贝尔对雷的爱始终抱着怀疑的态度。
　　而杰里米是个贫寒的画家，年轻冲动，行事轻浮，他一直恋着米拉贝尔。米拉贝尔在感情的天平上游移不定，她终究要做出选择。

　　麦卡和乔是两个居住在旧金山的二十出头的非洲裔美国男女，一天早上，他们发现自己在同一张床上醒来，却怎么也想不起昨晚他们是怎么碰到的。他们互相介绍后，一起吃了顿早餐并一起乘坐出租车，然后互相告别。但乔将钱包落在了出租车里，麦卡只好去乔的家把钱包还给她，两人也由此产生了感情。

　　婚姻究竟是否恋爱的坟墓呢？有人觉得一纸婚书等于一张长期饭票，亦有人觉得是一条末路。因此当不信婚姻的大卫（谢利奥康奴）被亲密同居女友（碧姬韦逊）提出结婚的计划时，他要面对他一生中最大的决择，他究竟最后选择去接受还是去逃避呢？

　　Will Keane（理查·基尔 Richard Gere 饰）是纽约的钻石王老五，年近50的他极具男人魅力，用微笑和交友令自己的财富一直翻倍，而他和城中女人的关系更是错综复杂。他习惯每天带不同的女人到自己的饭店吃饭、然后睡觉、翌日分手，周而复始。直到他遇到了19岁的女 孩儿Charlotte（薇诺娜·瑞德 Winona Ryder 饰），她的年轻活泼、天真才气令他倾倒。
　　她在他的饭店举办20岁生日会，他赠她最好的洋酒；知道她最爱设计帽子，便请她替与自己出席慈善晚会的女伴设计一个特别的帽子，到了当晚却携她出席；他们很快发生关系，他如同往常一样，想在翌日跟她摊牌，没想到她直接说她知道这个结果，但他不用担心她会纠缠他，因为她只剩下一年的生命。
　　患有先天性心脏病的Charlotte自幼便失去了父母，跟随着酗酒的祖母长大，一直孤独，直到遇见了Will；而当年Will曾和Charlotte的母亲相爱，他发现自己已经爱上了Charlotte，并且害怕失去她。面对所剩无几的时间，他们该怎么面对爱情和人生？

　　Is it just another evening at the hugely popular Italian restaurant of proprietor and bookmaker Louis Cropa in New York? Anything but as tonight's guests include a local police detective and his wife specially invited by the owner on the balcony rival bookmaker gangsters from Queens who want to become partners in the restaurant in the corner renowned food critic 'the food nymph' is her usual demanding self and at the bar, seemingly unnoticed, is Ken. As the evening continues enter Duncan, inveterate gambler and sous-chef on-the-line in the frenetic kitchen downstairs, who acts as the catalyst that causes the evening to draw to its inevitable, explosive, deadly conclusion. Written by Mark Smith <msmith@osi.co.uk>

　　当爱逐渐变得褪色无光，婚姻的瓶颈期就随之而来了。本（布鲁斯·威利斯 Bruce Willis饰）和凯迪（米歇尔·菲佛 Michelle Pfeiffer饰）的婚姻也面临着这个难题。一方面，他们还爱着对方，另一方面却又对每况愈下的婚姻质量失去耐性。孩子们去夏令营了。这一个月里面，他们可以有足够的空间和时间重温旧梦，寻回爱情的美妙感觉。然而，他们的努力一再白费。刻意的挽回婚姻只令彼此都更清楚到了非分开不可的地步了。于是，二人协商，在孩子们回来的那天，要跟他们好好谈论离婚的决定。
　　首先反悔的是凯迪，她对本的爱情明明还在，而这个家庭的气息让她如此舍不得摧毁。凯迪的爱意让本也觉得，他们应该再为婚姻的努力一下……

　　How Stella Got Her Groove Back, (United States). Through good times and bad, Stella (Angela Bassett) and Delilah (Whoopi Goldberg) have always had each other. Now, Stella's so busy building a life that she's forgotten to really live. But Delilah is about to change all that. What starts as a quick trip to Jamaica, ends as an exhilarating voyage of self discovery as Stella learns to open her heart and find love - even if it's with a man 20 years her junior. Directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan. Written by Terry McMillan, Ron Bass. Produced by Deborah Schindler. With Angela Bassett, Taye Diggs, Whoopi Goldberg, Regina King. A 20th Century Fox release.

　　天使塞斯（尼古拉斯•凯奇 饰）拥有天使应该拥有的一切法力，还能永生。他的使命就是每天游荡在医院里将已去的人们带到另外一个世界，他却爱上了医院的医生梅姬（梅格•瑞恩 饰），为了能够和心爱的人在一起，塞斯放弃了天使的身份，放弃永生，坠入了凡间。然而，他却并不明白，等待他的，除了动人的爱情，还有弄人的命运。