本片讲述了约翰·列侬的少年故事。列侬（亚伦·泰勒-约翰逊 Aaron Taylor-Johnson 饰）从小被姨妈Mimi（克里斯汀·斯科特·托马斯 Kristin Scott Thomas 饰）收养，直到15岁才与亲生母亲Julia相认，他的姨妈更和他的母亲展开了对他的争夺。列侬的母亲带着列侬走上了音乐之路，给他买了一把吉他。后来列侬认识了和他差不多年纪的保罗·麦卡特尼（托马斯·桑斯特 Thomas Sangster 饰），保罗矫正了列侬的吉他技法。列侬的生活充满了挣扎和矛盾。直到有一天，列侬的母亲车祸死去，列侬下定决心离开Mimi，离开他从小生长的利物浦，去探求更广阔的天地.....

　　理查德（詹姆斯·伍兹 James Woods 饰）是一位职业摄影师，每日，他穿梭于世界各地，寻找能够为他带来经济效益的摄影题材。在行业里浸淫已久的他明白，那些美好的，善良的事物无法吸引人们的注意，唯有暴力、恐怖和灾难能够为他带来机遇。
　　就这样，理查德和朋友们来到了烽火连天的萨尔瓦多，让理查德没有想到的是，展现在他眼前的，竟然完全是一副人间地狱的惨象。纵使是阅历丰富的理查德，也无法忍受这里发生的点点滴滴，心灰意冷的他决定离开。就在这个节骨眼上，一位名叫玛利亚（艾尔皮迪娅·卡里洛 Elpidia Carrillo 饰）的美丽女子出现在了理查德的生命力，在爱情和事业之间，理查德会做出怎样的选择？

　　Twenty years ago, old Mrs. Barlow was killed in her home at 12, Pimlico Square for her priceless rubies. The murderer searched the whole house without finding them, then disappeared. The house has been empty since then, but now Paul and Bella Mallen move into the apartment. Bella Mallen suffers from forgetfulness and nervousness - at least that is what her husband tells her. An elderly horse wrangler, B.G. Rough worked as a policeman twenty years ago and still remembers the unsolved case. He notices that Mr. Mallen looks just like Louis Barre, Mrs. Barlow's nephew. And why does Mr. Mallen so mysteriously leave every night just to go into the apartment next door, nr. 14?

　　Sixty Glorious Years is an exercise in the creation of iconography, both for Victoria and its star, Anna Neagle (who subsequently became known as 'Regal Neagle'). Just as Elizabeth I commissioned artists to create flattering iconic images for public consumption, so this film performs a similar function, for Neagle is more beautiful than the real life Victoria. Controversial events (such as the 'Irish problem') are omitted and unpleasant aspects of Victoria's character (her petulance, arrogance, favouritism and 'right to privilege') are glossed over as endearing little 'whims'. Albert acts as a moderating influence when she goes too far.
　　The film followed a year after the highly successful Victoria the Great (d. Herbert Wilcox, 1937). Again the screenplay is by Miles Malleson and Robert Vansittart, and many of the supporting cast (the cream of acting talent of period) repeat their roles, this time for the colour cameras. This was the first full length Technicolor film of cinematographer Freddie Young, who captures the spectacle of royal weddings, grand balls and opulent interiors, with scenes actually filmed at royal palaces. Vivid battle scenes, set in Alexander Korda's empire territory (Sevastopol and the Sudan), rival those in The Four Feathers (d. Zoltan Korda 1939).
　　The title music sets the tone: a regal choir sings over a shot of the crown. Elgar's 1901 'Pomp and Circumstance' march is heard during the diamond jubilee celebrations and, as Victoria's coffin lies in state, the film concludes with Anthony Collins' stately music accompanied by the text of Rudyard Kipling's 'Lest we forget'. Combined with the emotional appeal of scenes of Victoria connecting with her 'ordinary folk', this is stirring stuff.
　　The film connects with contemporary events of 1938. The release of two celebratory royal films was intended to boost public affection for the monarchy in the wake of Edward VIII's abdication. Anglo-German relations were another touchy subject. With another war on the horizon, influential voices wanted appeasement, and the film could be seen to fit that agenda. Victoria herself was of mainly German descent, nicknamed 'the grandmother of Europe', while Albert is a 'good German', charmingly played by Anton Walbrook as a cultured, decent man.
　　Sixty Glorious Years now seems unduly formal and reverential. Had movies existed during Victoria's reign (they only emerged at the end) this might have been the kind of film produced. Unlike Mrs Brown (d. John Madden, 1997), it is all so very 'Victorian'.
　　Roger Philip Mellor

　　1934年的伦敦，伊恩·麦克莱恩饰演镇上最令人畏惧的戏剧评论家吉米·厄斯金，杰玛·阿特登饰演女演员尼娜·兰德，决心赢得他的青睐。当吉米发现自己成为发表评论的报纸的新老板大卫·布鲁克（马克·斯特朗 饰）的目标后，尼娜陷入了一个充满勒索、欺骗和谋杀的危险网络中。

英国情报特工尤恩（肖恩·宾 Sean Bean 饰）的妻子在一次恐怖组织爆炸事件中身亡。在英国长大的穆斯林学生阿沙夫（阿宾·格雷亚 Abhin Galeya 饰）虽为英国国籍，却一直饱受歧视，为了复仇和祖国，他之身加入了穆斯林恐怖组织。在一起自杀性恐怖分子发起的恐怖活动中，阿沙夫抢走了尤恩保护的炸弹，并进行了一次自杀式炸弹袭击。自此，尤恩在女上司的命令下，着手消灭阿沙夫所在的恐怖组织。一面是为了报复西方世界而制造杀戮的恐怖组织，一面是为了阻止杀戮而进行杀戮的英国特工组织，在道德和良知的面前，到底哪方才是正义的守护者，还是皆为双手沾满鲜血的刽子手。阿沙夫在即将完成任务时被尤恩击毙，然而第二个炸弹随后爆炸，而安置炸弹的人并非穆斯林

　　父亲开车载着姐弟俩离开喧闹的城市，去野外野餐。开心的姐姐（珍妮•艾加特 Jenny Agutter 饰）和弟弟没有料到父亲在荒原中突然失控，拔枪射向二人，最后父亲在汽车的爆炸中死去。姐弟俩只得带上剩余物品穿行在荒无人烟的平原上。烈日炎炎，姐弟俩在石堆里过了一夜，第二天他们又饿又渴时发现了一棵果树下面的小水塘。小水塘的资源很快耗尽，绝望之际他们遇到了一个前来打猎的土著人（大卫•古皮利 David Gulpilil 饰），土著人留下来帮他们找到水和食物，三人继续在荒原上前行着，直到发现了一处树林里的废弃小屋，弟弟和土著人去找食物时却意外的发现了一条公路，而土著人则亲眼目睹了白人枪杀动物的场景......

　　故事是对在苏格兰岛上等待庇护的难民的一次另类观察。 它聚焦于一位背负重担背离祖国的年轻叙利亚音乐家奥马尔。