年轻人阿政（谢霆锋饰）总想着能有不一样的生活，向往去南美。一次偶然，他邂逅卧底女警察（徐子淇饰），当上了“准爸爸”。为了筹钱抚养女方肚中的孩子，阿杰辞掉了酒吧招待的工作，跟随吉叔（黄秋生饰）做起了保镖。 阿杰（伍佰饰）多年来在南美担任雇佣兵，在经历枪林弹雨的战火生活后， 他想着洗手告别过去，回到香港娶了慧（卢巧音饰），她是香港有权势的黑社会老大的女儿。一次阿杰无意中结识了阿政。 而阿杰为了照顾妻子，独吞了钱财，昔日战友们很快追到香港，一场恶战在所难免。

　　凯撒（爱德华·罗宾逊 Edward G. Robinson 饰）和乔伊（道格拉斯·范朋克 Douglas Fairbanks Jr. 饰）是相识多年的老友。他们一个想要成为人尽皆知的江洋大盗，另一个却厌倦了打打杀杀的日子，想要追逐内心里成为一名舞者的梦想，两位好友就此走上了截然不同的人生道路。
　　凯撒加入了大佬维托里（Stanley Fields 饰）所领导的黑帮之中，随着时间的推移，他在组织里的地位越来越高。然而，凯瑟却并不满足于扮演一个马仔的角色，他设计杀死了维多利，取代了他的位子。那边厢，乔伊亦为成为舞者而努力着，某日，他邂逅了一位名为奥尔加（格伦达·法瑞尔 Glenda Farrell 饰）的脱衣舞女郎，就此坠入了情网。

　　New York private detective Duncan "Mac" MacLain is blind but has keenly developed all his other senses. He pursues his work assisted by his faithful guide dog Friday, his butler, Alistair, and his assistant, Marty. Retired actress Norma Lawry, an old friend, comes to Mac seeking advice. Her headstrong 17-year-old step-daughter Barbara, herself a promising actress, is enamored with her leading man in a small theater production, the much older Lothario Paul Gerente. Paul, who had once been Norma's lover, has convinced Barbara that Norma actually wants Paul for herself and has only married her father Stephen for his money. At Mac's urging, Norma tried to reason with Paul, but he insists that he loves Barbara and laughs her off. Barbara is equally disdainful of her and agrees to meet Paul for dinner that night at his apartment.
　　Norma's husband Stephen Lawry is a scientist leaving that night on a trip to test a secret invention on which he has been working for the government and the war effort. Worried about Barbara, she uses a pretext not to accompany Stephen and goes to the apartment. When Barbara arrives, she finds Paul's dead body and thinks that Norma has killed him, even though Norma insists that he was dead when she arrived. Barbara threatens to call the police unless she leaves Stephen. Fearing that a scandal will hurt him, Norma agrees. Norma then turns to Mac, who goes to Paul's apartment with Friday and Marty, only to find the body and the rug under it missing. A man arrives to replace the rug and Mac hides in a closet, overhearing a telephone call to Norma's number from "Gabriel" to "Vera." Mac accidentally gives himself away, but with Friday's help overpowers Gabriel, who refuses to talk. Mac has Marty hide him to keep him under wraps.
　　Norma returns to her country home unexpectedly, which discourages an espionage ring that includes her butler, Hansen, from breaking into Stephen's safe and stealing his plans. They have killed Gerente, who was also an agent, and hidden the body. Mac arrives with Friday at Norma's house and pretends to be her curmudgeonly "Uncle Mac" who has come for a visit. His blindness lulls any suspicions Hansen might have about him. Shortly thereafter, Barbara comes home from an "emergency rehearsal", called to get her out of the house by her director, Cheli Scott, who inveigles an invitation to spend the night at the Lawry home. Unknown to Barbara and Norma, Cheli is the ringleader of the spies. Cheli ordered Paul killed because his affection for Barbara was beginning to limit his effectiveness, and she immediately suspects Mac is not what he seems.
　　Gabriel's wife Vera, the Lawrys' maid, is also a part of the plot. When Gabriel does not return home, Vera becomes hysterical with worry. Mac secretly asks Vera to meet him in the greenhouse, using her worry about Gabriel as a lure. She is observed by the others, however, and is killed by Hansen before she can reach Mac. The spies cut the house's telephone wires so that Mac and Norma cannot call the police, and Cheli has Mac locked up under guard. Using his blindness as a distraction, Mac overpowers his guard and releases Friday out a window with instructions to "go home and get Marty." Stephen arrives home and Cheli threatens his family if he does not give her the final step in creating his invention, which was not in the safe. Barbara finally realizes how much Norma actually cares for her. Mac tries to stall for time, but is locked in the cellar. When Hansen goes to kill him, Mac has broken the light bulb and his advantage of total darkness helps him overcome the spy. Marty and Friday return with the police. When Friday is spotted by a lookout, Mac overpowers him and is saved from being shot by another lookout by Friday. After the spies are captured, Stephen and Norma are off to Washington, D.C., with Barbara remaining behind to care for her new "Uncle Mac."

　　Joe 'Tom' Yateley is an ex-convict. Trying to leave his past behind, he decides to starts working for the Hawlett Trucking company, which transports gravel. It's an aggressive company, where speed is everything. Doing too less runs in a day? You're out. Red is the most experienced trucker, he can do 18 runs in a day. Tom soon makes friends with Lucy, the secretary, and Gino, a driver. But the record of Red intrigues him and he wants to break it. Gino advises against it, but he helps Tom when he wants to go through with it. Soon trouble begins when Red and the other drivers form an united front against Tom. Just when Tom has enough and decides to pack his bags, Lucy tells him Gino had a terrible accident. She also tells about the corruption of Hawlett Trucking.

　　柱子和钱辉是警校的同窗好友。毕业后，柱子当上了一名刑警，而钱辉却为了自身的发展，告别女友伊静去了日本。几年以后，柱子已成了二级警司，伊静则被日本浜之助公司聘用。一天，柱子在伊静家意外地与自称回国做生意的钱辉相遇。在伊静的引见下，钱辉与浜之助的佐藤相识。与此同时，柱子接手侦破一个伪造假钞案。印制假钞的案犯被抓获，但假钞的模版却不知去向。据查，浜之助公司的佐藤与岩下均与此案有关。为掌握确凿证据，柱子奉命对他们进行监控。正在佐藤为转移模版而焦虑时，钱辉找上门来。看到钱辉手中的联络信号，佐藤将信将疑，因为他意料中的联络人是田中。柱子截获了佐藤发往东京的电传，遂派人密切监视虹桥机场，等待田中到来。而此时的伊静正在为钱辉不肯与她结婚而苦恼。柱子在机场以查验签证为由，扣留了田中。就在这时，却接到上级释放田中的命令。柱子深感不解，与警员一起跟踪田中至海仑宾馆。佐藤、钱辉均在海仑宾馆等候田中。不料田中刚到宾馆，即被紧随而至的玄野杀死。玄野又持刀向钱辉刺去。就在这时，柱子率警员赶到，走投无路的玄野自杀身亡。直到这时，柱子才知道钱辉原来是奉命卧底的国际刑警。钱辉接手了这桩案子，柱子协助。钱辉决定搜查浜之助公司，以防模版流出国门。风声越来越紧，佐藤急得如热锅上的蚂蚁。他以伊静在日本的弟弟的安全相要挟，逼迫伊静将模版带往东京。屡遭钱辉拒绝的伊静已心灰意冷，故横下心来答应了佐藤。当晚，伊静找到柱子告诉他自己已从浜之助公司辞职，并向一直深爱着她的柱子倾诉了自己的感情。专案小组对浜之助公司进行了全面搜查，钱辉在伊静的办公桌里发现了一份传真文件……钱辉与柱子立即飞速奔向机场。在机场办公室，伊静平静地告诉钱辉和柱子：“东西就在我身上，我会把它交给你们不过是在我死了以后。”说完，她猛地转身冲上了顶楼。柱子飞身扑去，在楼顶边沿抱住了伊静，二人相拥着从高空飞落而下…

　　这本该是一个平静美好的早晨，乔治（乌尔里希·穆埃 Ulrich Mühe 饰）和妻子安（苏珊娜·罗莎 Susanne Lothar 饰）带着儿子来到位于湖边的小屋度假，乔治和儿子前往湖边整理之后要使用的帆船，而安则在厨房里安置生活用品。一声尖锐的门铃划破的所有的平静，来者是一名看上去彬彬有礼的年轻人，他自称皮特（弗兰克·捷林 Frank Giering 饰），此行前来打扰是为了借一枚鸡蛋。皮特端正的外表取得了安的信任，但随后发生的事情却让安大跌眼镜。这时，一名叫保罗（亚诺·弗里斯奇 Arno Frisch 饰），外貌酷似皮特的男子敲响了安的房门，同时，乔治带着儿子也回家来了。
　　演员都到齐了，一家三口怎么也无法想到的是，等待着他们的，将是来自这两个白衣恶魔的，毫无动机，毫无怜悯，毫无理智的凌虐。

　　在过度拥挤的西门监狱里，暴力和恐惧是基本的游戏准则。并且监狱长比看守和囚犯的首领有较少的力量,。最难对付的的囚犯是坚硬顽固的乔·科林斯。重要的是，乔怨恨首要卫兵上尉Munsey, 一位狭隘独裁的拥有绝对权力者。稍微违规违, 乔和他的伙伴们就要受苦了。但有次大屠杀反而成就了他们的逃命计划。

　　Willie Parker曾是一名古惑仔，他弃暗投明出卖了同伙，为躲避报复隐居在西班牙。但是十年后，两个杀手绑架了威利，他们奉命前来押送他回巴黎接受家法伺候，但这一路注定是不平静的……

　　古斯塔夫（利诺·文图拉 Lino Ventura 饰）是一位资历老道的黑帮分子，在锒铛入狱之后，他挖空心思，终于越狱成功。之后，古斯塔夫投奔了住在巴黎的妹妹马努奇（Christine Fabréga 饰），希望能够得到她的庇护。
　　古斯塔夫早已经厌倦了帮派里的明争暗斗，因此，他决定伙同一帮亡命之徒，再干最后一票，凑足了“养老金”，就此金盆洗手，然而，在黑道里常年浸淫的他，真的会这么容易的就改头换面吗？警探布罗特（保罗·默里斯 Paul Meurisse 饰）就如同一只雄鹰追随猎物那样的紧紧跟在古斯塔夫的身后，他不要金钱，不要权利，唯一的目的，就是有朝一日，能够找到机会，将古斯塔夫捉拿归案。

　　Here's a modern-day film noir in which you're never sure what's real and what isn't real. There is a possibility you may get tired of guessing and give up on this film 3/4ths of the way through, as I almost did but it worth finishing. It also was better the second time around
　　The problem is just too many flashbacks. If some of those scenes were not replayed so often, or a few of the many twists eliminated, it would have been a super movie. It still was fascinating in parts. It grabs you, and you can't stop watching to see what the real story is. Along the way, is a bunch of nice colors and some nice film noir-type in the beginning and then during the ending credits.

　　Beauty contest winner Patricia Knight's one bid for screen stardom was Columbia's Shockproof. Knight plays Jenny Wright, a convicted murderess paroled in the care of probation officer Griff Marat (Cornel Wilde). What begins as an aloof professional relationship eventually blossoms into romance. The fly in the ointment is shady Harry Wesson (John Baragrey), the gambler who inveigled Jenny into committing murder. The girl is torn between creature comforts offered her by Wesson and the promise of a clean life offered by Griff. This early Douglas Sirk effort contains a smattering of the stylistic touches which distinguished his later work.The screenplay was written by famed director Samuel Fuller, known for his gritty realism and hard-boiled style.
　　~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

　　The famous writer Bernard travels to a small town nearby a lake to spend vacation out of season in the winter. He check in an old hotel owned by Enrico and his daughter Irma expecting to meet the maid Tilde, from whom he had a crush last time he visited the town. However, he discovers that Tilde has committed suicide and when he meets the local photographer, Bernard learns that she was pregnant. He becomes obsessed to find whether she really committed suicide and to guess what really happened. When Enrico's son Mario and his wife Adriana arrive at the hotel, Bernard has daydreams about the fate of Tilde.

　　战败后的日本，真田（志村乔饰）是名喜欢喝酒的贫民社区医生，他擅长治疗肺结核。一天黑社会头目松永（三船敏郎饰）由于手上受伤找他治疗，谁知被真田看出了肺结核的症状。他劝松永去照X光检查一下，可松永不愿接受自己生病的事实，反而大骂真田一通并争执起来。但是松永回去以后症状越来越严重，拍片后证实确实是肺结核，嘴上逞强的他还是接受了真田的治疗。
　　然而，松永的黑社会大哥冈田（山本礼三郎饰）从监狱里出来，他逐渐取代松永在黑帮里的位置并拥有了一切，病入膏肓的松永只能孤注一掷……

　　鲍勃·梅瑟是一名海关工作人员，经常从事卧底工作以便抓捕贩毒人员。他虽然有资格以全额福利退休，但为了破获犯罪集团洗钱案不惜以身犯险。他和同事埃米尔·阿夫雷乌更名改姓，乔装成可以提供洗钱服务的富有商人，并通过线人的介绍，结识了一些需要该项服务的商业人士。经过一层层的牵线搭桥，他结识了犯罪集团的合伙人之一罗伯托·爱尔卡诺，并成功取得他的信任。鲍勃·梅瑟施计在自己的“婚礼”上一举抓捕包括罗伯托·爱尔卡诺在内的所有洗钱案涉事人，成功侦破美国史上最严重的一宗洗钱案内幕。

　　汤姆（阿兰·德龙 Alain Delon 饰）是一个穷小子，最近，一桩好差事找上了门，好友菲利普（莫里斯·荣内特 Maurice Ronet 饰）的富豪父亲找到了汤姆，希望他能够替自己找回成日在外风流潇洒的儿子，作为回报，汤姆将得到价值不菲的报酬。
　　循着菲利普的踪迹，汤姆来到了拿布里，见到了菲利普和他的未婚妻玛奇（玛丽·拉福莱 Marie Laforêt 饰）。菲利普纸醉金迷的生活让汤姆十分羡慕，玛奇的美丽和温柔更是摄取了汤姆的心魄，一个邪恶的念头应运而生。一次出游中，汤姆设计杀死了菲利普，之后，为了掩盖罪行，汤姆又杀死了菲利普的好友。一个谎言，要用无数个谎言来掩盖，在得到了自己想要的一切后，汤姆终将面临审判。

　　《爱尔兰人》为马丁·斯科塞斯执导的传奇巨制，罗伯特·德尼罗、阿尔·帕西诺和乔·佩西主演。通过二战老兵弗兰克·希兰的视角，讲述了战后美国有组织犯罪的故事。弗兰克·希兰是一名骗子和杀手，曾经在 20 世纪最恶名昭彰的人物身边工作。该电影跨越数十年，记录了美国历史上最大的悬案之一，即传奇工会领袖吉米·霍法失踪案，以宏大的故事之旅，展现有组织犯罪的隐秘通道：其内部运作、仇敌以及与主流政治的瓜葛。

　　博兰顿（约翰•达尔John Dall 饰）和菲利普（法利•格兰杰 Farley Granger 饰）都是哈佛的高才生，一天，都是同性恋的两人合谋杀害了同学戴维，并藏尸于一个大箱子中。或许是出于炫耀，他们做出了一个惊人的举动。那就是用装着戴维尸体的箱子当餐桌，邀请了戴维的父母、未婚妻、同学和茹伯特教授（詹姆斯•斯图尔特 James Stewart 饰）来赴宴。他们谎称戴维外出了，和客人们在戴维的“棺材”上进行着宴会。胆小的菲利普从宴会开始就开始坐立不安，但是博兰顿却不慌不忙，在客人中滔滔不绝。然而，聪明的茹伯特教授从博兰顿的谈话中渐渐察觉出事有蹊跷……

　　《干花》这部风格强烈的「艺术黑帮片」制作于任侠电影黄金时代的开端，以强烈反差的黑白摄影及武满彻诡异的配乐，带领观众梦游石原慎太郎原著的「仁义」地下世界。
　　作为松竹新浪潮的一员，篠田正浩则是自觉地离开片厂，走上独立制作的道路。篠田的《乾花》有趣的地方，可能是见到本是文艺小生的池部良，如何开始转型成为一位「任侠」。虽然在这部电影中，他还是一个典型的石原慎太郎太阳族小说的迷惘主人翁，但走上罪犯的道路后，他很快就成为「昭和残侠」的一员。日本的黑帮片，可能是把罪犯神话化的极致了。
　　《干花》，这部筱田正浩的新浪潮时期的作品，改编自石原慎太郎的原著。这部小说和另外一部石原慎太郎作品《太阳的季节》的出现，给新浪潮中重要一类电影立下了“太阳族电影”的名字。这部冷酷迷人的电影所展现出来的虚无主义情绪似乎比大岛洼的成名作《残酷青春物语》还要强烈得多，技术也更高超得多。
　　除了以自身阴郁的黑白摄影对原著进行的视觉呈现所散发出的独特气息，它仍残留着石原慎太郎太阳族电影——文学作品的印记。不过在此番中，通常发生在小说男主人公身上的反叛与虚无情绪被转移到了另一位神秘、迷人、疯狂、麻木、空洞、绝望的年轻女孩身上，而男主角却几乎成了黑色电影的经典形象——一个没有希望和生存目的的孤独杀手，迫不得已不得不继续在这条充满陷阱的路上走下去。男女主人公，刚欲建立起来的感情联系在这个危险和绝望的世界中迅速被自身的惰性和冷酷的外部世界撕裂了，还来不及清醒地确认自身的存在与悲剧感。
　　筱田正浩所采取的绝不是一种类型片的拍法，他的这部审视战后日本社会心理形态的作品，有着强大而深沉的批评力量。它是内敛的、阴郁的、冷酷的、无声尖叫的、像夜本身一样富于沉重的压迫感的。筱田正浩对人在一种极端主义的处境中性与爱的歧化的、隐性的表现，有一种独特的眼光和品位，他的作品既有政治和社会眼光的深度，并且似乎总是无法剥离的，又有人性基本层面上的批判视野的力度，他不像典型的桃色片电影导演那样官能化地聚焦于身体摹写的原欲自身，也绝不是一位禁欲风格的社会学或人类学纪录者，他擅长改编文学作品的才能使它成为一位将社会立意的内在主题寄寓在美不胜收的视觉语言和具有诱惑力的文学叙事上的美学拓建设者；他的作品的形式与思想结合的完美总是让人久久陷于震憾。

　　理查德是一名飞行员，退伍后，他在一家酒吧打工，认识了同事芭芭拉（安娜·玛西 Anna Massey 饰）并与之相爱。性格粗暴的理查德同老板发生口角后被开除，身无分文的的只得投奔前妻布伦达（Barbara Leigh-Hunt 饰）。布伦达经营着一家婚姻介绍所，她友善的接待了理查德并偷偷的在他口袋里塞了一些钱。没想到几天后，布伦达在介绍所中被她与理查德共同的朋友鲍伯（巴里·福斯特 Barry Foster 饰）玷污并用领带勒死，原来鲍伯就是伦敦臭名昭著的领带勒杀狂魔。
　　布伦达死了，理查德成了最大的嫌疑人。为了将更大的罪嫌推到理查德身上，鲍伯又趁机杀死芭芭拉，一时间理查德成为了全城通缉的对象，最终落网。负责此案的奥克斯福德（埃里克·麦克文 Alec McCowen 饰）觉得事有蹊跷，经过夫人的提点，他发现真正的罪犯已经露出了马脚。

　　查理（哈威·凯特尔 Harvey Keitel 饰）和意大利移民朋友们混迹在纽约曼哈顿的下东区，没有固定职业，靠着替黑手党卖命混口饭吃。查理的好友乔尼（罗伯特·德尼罗 Robert De Niro 饰）欠了黑市商人迈克尔的钱，却无力偿还，整日被追债。查理与乔尼的表妹特丽莎真心相爱，但是特丽莎希望他能离开这种不稳定的生活，去寻找新生活。迈克尔因为找乔尼要不到钱而恼羞成怒，查理为了帮乔尼摆平此事，承诺他会尽早还钱。在酒吧里，迈克尔发现乔尼已经穷到极致，根本就不可能还钱时，两人扭打在一起。失控的乔尼拔枪瞄准迈克尔，逼退了迈克尔。为了躲避迈克尔的报复，查理、乔尼、特丽莎三人决定躲到乡下去，他们在开车去看电影的路上，一辆汽车从后面追上来。车里正是迈克尔，他拔出手枪向三人的车子开火。汽车被撞翻了，受伤的三人，艰难地从车中爬出，面对茫茫黑夜，他们发出了无望的哭喊。

　　唐纳德·施特尔瓦格总是格格不入：饱受欺凌，最终辍学，并成为了一个瘾君子。上世纪 90 年代初，正当他的生活开始好转时，一部电视剧把他和一起银行抢劫案联系了起来。描述：非常高，非常胖 — 就像施特尔瓦格一样。一名可疑的专家证人声称劫匪的耳垂很有特色，说服法官相信施特尔瓦格有罪，他因此被定罪。尽管有可信的不在场证明，施特尔瓦格还是在狱中度过了八年。在他获释后不到两周，真正的罪魁祸首就被抓获了。施特尔瓦格被宣告无罪，很快成为各大媒体争相报道的焦点人物。但随后，一辆黄金运输车在 A81 高速公路上被劫持，价值 180 万欧元的黄金被抢走，一切都改变了。劫犯的头目 — 臭名昭著的黑帮说唱歌手莎塔尔向警方告密了。黄金劫匪和被劫者有一个共同点 — 他们都认识唐纳德·施特尔瓦格…他是否犯下了此前被污蔑的罪行？这就是他为自己的命运复仇的方式吗？

　　天寒地冻的北部城市网走，是一个人烟罕至之地，也是许多囚犯服刑的地方。年青的黑帮成员橘真一（高倉健 饰）因砍伤敌对帮派老大而被遣送于此。生长在南国的真一并不适应网走的严寒，此外同住一个牢房的强盗权田权三（南原宏治 饰）及以老大自居的依田（安部徹 饰）还经常找他的麻烦。真一忍气吞声，指望尽早出狱回到母亲（風見章子 饰）身边。他出生在一个破败的家庭，因反抗继父国造（沢彰謙 饰）而逃离家庭。从妹妹的信中得知，他的母亲已身染重病，不久于人世。真一期盼假释不得，刚好权田和依田谋划越狱，于是他决定和这群亡命之徒铤而走险……
　　本片根据伊藤一的原作《颜役》改编。

　　John Muller, medical school dropout and brilliant crook, plans a holdup which goes a little bit wrong, and finds vindictive gambler Rocky Stansyck after him. At the end of his tether, he stumbles onto a lucky chance to assume an impenetrable new identity as psychiatrist Victor Bartok. But irony piles on as Muller finds it's out of the frying pan, into the fire.