在严酷的冰天雪地中，一个贫困的家庭正面临着饥饿的考验。建国在采石场辛劳一天仅赚得几毛钱，全家已半个月未曾吃过一顿饱饭，生存的压力如影随形。然而，就在这般绝境之下，家中的老母亲却将仅剩的口粮偷偷分给了在屋外瑟瑟发抖的一只流浪狗“黄豆”，只因它对她摇了摇尾巴，触动了老人心中最柔软的怜悯。女儿桂花和儿子建国见状，心疼而又愤怒地与母亲争执起来。他们无法理解，在家人都朝不保夕的情况下，母亲为何还要“犯糊涂”去喂养一只畜小狗，面对子女的劝说与指责，老母亲的眼神里没有丝毫退让，她用最朴实却最坚定的语气回应。她深知生活不易，却更无法眼睁睁看着一个生命在寒冬中消逝。这一刻，生存的残酷与人性的温暖激烈碰撞。

故事将我们带回1899年的上阿尔卑斯地区。"苏丹"是一个被雪峰环抱的小村落。某个暴风雨之夜，深色眼眸的年轻教师艾梅抵达此地，她将在此度过整个冬季，教导寥寥数名学生。然而就在她到来后不久，一场雪崩夺走了第一位当地人的性命……

14-year-old Klara (Josefine Preuß) is kidnapped and imprisoned by a child molester (Alexander Sternberg). Klara tries to get to the cellar key to flee. When she is caught, her tormentor tries to kill her. Klara mobilizes all the forces and the battle burns.

高级水暖工陈岩以底价为全村安装暖气，一心便民利民，却遭村民王桂花恶意挑拨污蔑牟取黑心差价。陈岩心寒彻退，全额退款拆除管道。村民另寻施工方后，才知晓真相，得知差价尽数被王桂花私吞。除夕极寒之夜，王桂花之子豹子恶意破坏换热站，全村陷入冰封绝境。陈岩不计前嫌、自费备件抢修供暖。

Killian is a young man who has never left the remote mountains of Huesca (Spain) which saw him grow up. In 1953, he travels back to the exotic Equatorial African island of Fernando Poo, in Spanish Guinee, where he was born, to work in a cacao plantation alongside his father and his brother. During 20 years in this island, until the troubled days of independence, he will undertake a journey towards maturity and knowledge, but will also have to deal with pain and loss.

Peter has worked all his life at a Manchester bank. When he is awarded an early retirement, he decides to visit his brother in Benidorm, only to discover that he's disappeared.

当四个关系疏远的兄弟回到家中与他们即将离世的母亲格蕾丝做最后告别时，隐藏的动机逐渐显露出来。

毕业于哈佛法学院的布兰恩（迈克尔·B·乔丹 Michael B. Jordan 饰）正在经营一个非营利性的组织，该组织致力于为被判死刑的囚犯提供法律援助。在伊娃（布丽·拉尔森 Brie Larson 饰）的帮助下，布兰恩的美好愿景落地生根，他拥有了属于自己的办公室，也收获了第一个委托人。沃尔特（杰米·福克斯 Jamie Foxx 饰）曾经被判处死刑锒铛入狱，尽管他有着非常充分的不在场证明。一晃眼6年过去，当布兰恩见到沃尔特时，发现他的精神早已经被漫长的牢狱生活折磨的破碎不堪。布兰恩决定帮助沃尔特上诉，但他的热血举动在新上任的检察官那里遇冷。在失去了支持的情况下，布兰恩还是坚持为沃尔特翻案。