收到了父亲的死讯后，丹麦王子哈姆雷特（梅尔·吉布森 Mel Gibson 饰）匆匆赶回了自己的国家，回国后，哈姆雷特才发现，周遭的一切都发生了剧变，叔叔克劳狄斯（阿兰·贝茨 Alan Bates 饰）继位，母亲格特鲁德（格伦·克洛斯 Glenn Close 饰）则成为了克劳狄斯的王后。
　　父亲鬼魂（保罗·斯科菲尔德 Paul Scofield 饰）的出现让哈姆雷特愈加相信，这一切，包括父亲的死，都是克劳狄斯蓄意所为，为了复仇，哈姆雷特不惜装疯卖傻，以此逃脱克劳狄斯的迫害。一次意外中，哈姆雷特误杀了恋人奥菲利亚（海伦娜·伯翰·卡特 Helena Bonham Carter 饰）的父亲波洛涅斯（伊安·霍姆 Ian Holm 饰），奥菲利亚精神错乱坠河溺亡，之后，格特鲁德也死于非命。最终，悲愤交加的哈姆雷特将利刃指向了克劳狄斯。

　　夜班护士爱伦（霍普·戴维斯 Hope Davis 饰）最近刚刚度过了一场感情的风波，与前男友分手后，她发现自己陷入了一片迷茫。了解到女儿的困扰，母亲心生一计，代替她发布了一则征婚启事。结果，这一行动引起了意想不到的反响，一大群追求者涌入她的生活。然而，经历了一连串的约会后，爱伦开始对男人失去信心。让她感到沮丧的是，很多约会都充斥着口不对心的场景，让她对爱情的美好产生了怀疑。夜以继日的工作，让她更加沉溺于繁忙的医护生涯，为了逃避感情的波折。
　　与此同时，水族馆打工的艾伦是个进取的年轻人，半工半读。在学业和工作的双重压力下，他正在努力追求自己的目标。然而，他也陷入了感情的纷争，正当他准备接受一位风骚女同学的追求时，却发现她已经与教授有了染指。在屡战屡败的爱情路上，爱伦和艾伦偶然相遇。这次的相遇是否能为他们带来转机，让他们共度余生呢？

　　山姆（马修•布罗德里克 饰）深爱的未婚妻琳达（凯莉•普雷斯顿 饰），琳达却移情别恋毅然与他分手了。山姆没想到自己的无限量牺牲换不来女友的珍惜。山姆不愿就此放手，于是他在琳达与新男友安东尼的新居附近租下了房子，企图日夜监视琳达的生活，继续了解琳达是生活并希望琳达会有回心转意的一天。
　　山姆认识了邻居玛姬（梅格•瑞安 饰），原来玛姬也是在监视自己的前男友，她的前男友竟然是琳达的新欢安东尼。两人竟然会一起通过望远镜看到了自己的前女友与前男友的缠绵生活，愤怒不已的玛姬竟然想到要联合山姆一起报复安东尼……

　　Atlanta, 1873. It's another day (Melanie's funeral, in fact), and Scarlett is determined to win back Rhett (who's spending a lot of time with Belle Watling). First, she goes to Tara and spats with Sue Ellen over Tara. Then she goes to Charleston, presenting herself to Rhett's mother and friends, to Rhett's dismay. But when she's caught in a compromising position with Ashely, she retires to her mother's people in Savannah, and her overbearing grandfather Robelard, while Rhett courts a new bride. Scarlett also seeks out her O'Hara relatives and meets her cousin Colum, a priest (and gunrunner). And knowing them, she goes to Ireland. There she meets the handsome Earl of Fenton, who owns Ballyhara, the ancestral home of the O'Haras. And when Scarlett buys it from him, she becomes the financial and spiritual head of the family. But her newfound happiness is short-lived as disasters strike, and she must rely on Rhett's love for her to save her from the gallows.

　　Andy is a writer for newspaper classifieds who has been bouncing from relationship-to-relationship since sixth grade. Throughout the film, he loses custody of his dog when his girlfriend, Cheryl, breaks up with him for another man. Andy then meets Lorna, a children's TV show host, but she is too obsessed with her own dog to commit to a relationship with Andy. She's also still smiting because her boyfriend Trevor, left her for Andy's ex, Cheryl.
　　Andy also has a fling with another woman, Keiran. Meanwhile, Cheryl takes Andy's dog to a psychiatrist, who tells her that her promiscuity is traumatizing the dog.