Haunted by the memory of Walter Holderlin, a soldier he killed during World War I, French musician Paul Renard (Phillips Holmes) confesses to a priest (Frank Sheridan), who grants him absolution. Using the address on a letter he found on the dead man's body, Paul then travels to Germany to find his family.
　　As anti-French sentiment continues to permeate Germany, Dr. Holderlin (Lionel Barrymore) initially refuses to welcome Paul into his home, but changes his mind when his son's fiancée Elsa identifies him as the man who has been leaving flowers on Walter's grave. Rather than reveal the real connection between them, Paul tells the Holderlin family he was a friend of their son, who attended the same musical conservatory he did.
　　Although the hostile townspeople and local gossips disapprove, the Holderlins befriend Paul, who finds himself falling in love with Elsa (Nancy Carroll). When she shows Paul her former fiancé's bedroom, he becomes distraught and tells her the truth. She convinces him not to confess to Walter's parents, who have embraced him as their second son, and Paul agrees to forego easing his conscience and stays with his adopted family. Dr. Holderlin presents Walter's violin to Paul, who plays it while Elsa accompanies him on the piano.
　　The film's original title, The Man I Killed, was changed to The Fifth Commandment to avoid giving "wrong impressions in the minds of the public about the character of the story." It ultimately was released as Broken Lullaby.

三个好朋友被他们的老板派到到一个偏远的小饭馆去阻止一起毒品交易，他们想也没想就上路了。可是当他们到了地方，完成了工作，却发现自己已经走进了老板设下的圈套。而事情也绝非是看上去那么简单。

　　莱安（阿瑞尔·盖德 Ariel Gade 饰）的父母因为工作原因需要出国，于是将年幼的莱安送到了在蒙太纳山区生活的爷爷（克里斯托弗·洛伊德 Christopher Lloyd 饰）那里，莱安不太习惯山区的生活，也非常思念远方的父母，因此常常显得闷闷不乐。
　　一天，一只受伤的野狗出现在了爷爷家的门廊上，莱安收留了野狗，悉心的照料它的伤势。野狗的到来缓解了莱安对亲人的思念，很快，一人一狗之间就建立了信赖和友谊。莱安想要把野狗带回位于波士顿的家里当做宠物狗来饲养，但是爷爷知道，野生动物热爱自由的天性是永远不会被磨灭的，为了让莱安懂得这个道理，爷爷决定把《野性的呼唤》这本书读给莱安听。

观看并帮助超级明星兰维尔·辛格和冒险家贝尔格里尔斯在塞尔维亚荒野寻找一种罕见的花。

　　《真实电影》取材于1973年播出的纪录片剧集《一个美国家庭》(An American Family)，这部剧集讲述了圣芭芭拉的一个普通家庭——劳德一家的故事。正在闹离婚的帕特-劳德与比尔-劳德夫妇是一对典型的美国中产阶级代表，他们共同抚养了四个孩子，其中大儿子兰斯公开宣布自己是同性恋。该片不仅着力反映整个社会对家庭内部矛盾的影响，在当时也鲜有电视作品表现同性恋话题。而《真实电影》则走进了这部剧集的幕后，讲述了电影人克雷格-吉尔伯特如何打造出这部意义深刻的电视纪录片作品。

　　乔安（西尔维娅·西德尼 Sylvia Sidney 饰）在公共治安防卫队工作，这也就意味着，她平日里打交道的，都是一些非常危险的犯罪分子。好巧不巧的是，乔安竟然爱上了其中的一个，那是一个名叫艾迪（亨利·方达 Henry Fonda 饰）的男人。
　　高大英俊的艾迪给予了乔安一种错觉，那就是他本质上其实是一个好人，只不过一时走火入魔才走上了犯罪的道路。乔安坚信通过自己的努力，能够使艾迪改邪归正重返社会。在乔安的帮助之下，艾迪通过良好的表现获得了减刑，并且最终刑满出狱，之后乔安和艾迪携手步入了婚姻的殿堂。然而，一个人的本性真的能够如此轻易的被改变吗？

　　故事围绕旧金山最后一个，也是即将消失的黑人社区展开。一个黑人男子(吉米·凡尔斯饰)和他的朋友(乔纳森·梅杰斯饰)为找回属于家族的归属感，他们决定买下属于自己家族的房子。