废铁城拾荒者楚燃被判定为最低级“杂灵枢”，意外遭天顶城执法队毒打时，鲜血激活父亲遗留的破铁块一-上古遗物“星核枢纽”，绑定上古AI乐游。他凭星核吞噬废铁手搓变异机甲，在黑市崛起，结识女老大夜萝、天顶城天才顾清婷与死党胖子阿飞。恩师老K为掩护他战死，楚燃觉醒后率反抗军攻打天顶城，却发现阿飞是城主顾枭埋下的休眠克隆人，关键时刻被其背刺濒死。乐游为救他融合AI核心，楚燃半人半机械重生，终掀翻顾枭的统治。

坡脚的拾荒妇人李素芳，意外捡到男婴李晓晨，痛失爱女妍妍后，她倾尽所有抚养晓晨长大。然而晓晨长大后却因虚荣嫌弃母亲，百般伤害。与此同时，失忆的富豪许初研一直在寻找生母，凭借同款吊坠与李素芳相遇。历经种种波折，许初研证实自己便是当年被拐的妍妍。最终，在危机与真相的冲击下，李晓晨幡然醒悟，母女相认，一家人迎来和解。

A series of deaths suddenly occurs in the city. Police officer Wong Ming realizes that at the scene of each death, there is the figure of a woman who collects garbage. In the course of investigation, Wong discovers that this woman, Lan Pui Ching (played by Josie HO), has the mysterious ability to collect the souls of the accidental deaths from the garbage and help these souls to enter the reincarnation. This all started with a story that happened to her 13 years ago. Meanwhile, the murders continue to happen. Lan Pui Ching deduces that these murders are related to a mysterious cult ritual, and she and Wong Ming will be the next victims of this ritual. Wong Ming decides to cooperate with Lan Pui Ching to find out the mastermind behind the scene.

'Petroleum Spirit' is a head-on collision between fantasy and reality told from the twisted world view of Errol - a partially deaf, sexually repressed teenager born in the wreckage of a Lada crash. Raised in isolation by his fearful Mother at a remote petrol station, Errol yearns to explore the real world. When his Mother dies in an accident, Errol learns that the Father he thought dead is alive and sets off in the Lada to find him, leaving an unintended trail of destruction across the desolate back-roads of Britain. When he finally does reach him, Errol's violent-tempered Father tries recruiting him to a criminal underworld, forcing Errol to choose what kind of man he wants to be. This thrilling odyssey burns a highly flammable cocktail of love, hate, sex and death until our moral compass is spinning and we can only hope that Errol finds salvation.

一位中国酷儿移民通过拾荒徒步与社群建立在异乡找到了归属感。

跛脚拾荒妇李素芳痛失爱女妍妍后，捡到男婴李晓晨并倾尽所有抚养。李晓晨长大因虚荣嫌弃、伤害母亲。失忆富豪许初妍寻生母，凭同款吊坠与李素芳相遇，证实自己是当年被拐的妍妍。历经波折，李晓晨在危机与真相中醒悟，母女相认，一家人终和解。

坡脚的拾荒妇人李素芳，意外捡到男婴李晓晨，痛失爱女妍妍后，她倾尽所有抚养晓晨长大。然而晓晨长大后却因虚荣嫌弃母亲，百般伤害。与此同时，失忆的富豪许初研一直在寻找生母，凭借同款吊坠与李素芳相遇。历经种种波折，许初研证实自己便是当年被拐的妍妍。最终，在危机与真相的冲击下，李晓晨幡然醒悟，母女相认，一家人迎来和解。

杰、丹和马克来到历史时光胶囊中搜寻历史宝物，一座闲置近60年，据说是美国最后一座完整的蚕丝工厂。尽管外观破烂，但内部陈设都还在，时光彷佛静止在工厂歇业的1957年。到处都是还可拯救恢复的物品，古老的灯具、消防设备和杰很想修复的饮水机等，还有文件记录当时的工人，大半为妇女和年轻人，工资仅时薪两角。这些宝物再不拯救即将化为乌有，但业主似乎不肯放弃，杰必须设法说服他让这些物品重获新生。

穿越修仙界，沈陌成了宗门公认的废徒，修行十年止步练气负一层。幸而他携一部无网旧手机，解锁逆天能力，可重构天下一切废弃破损之物！别人争抢天材地宝，他捡尽世间修仙废料，枯灵、残器、废丹皆能化作至宝。他恪守苟道本心，保命为先，绝境方斩草除根，更修得无上枯寂凡心道。圣女倾心、魔女倒追、仙女相随，万千红颜动情，他唯恋修仙，无心红尘。且看一介凡人，凭扫码秘术，捡垃圾踏仙途，低调登顶诸天！

马跃进（鲍振江 饰）是一名在厦门生存的拾荒者，他长期混迹在火车站，跟踪扒手，把扒手们扔掉的钱包捡起来，联系失主以勒索小钱财。有一次他捡到了一个钱包，一张女人的照片从钱包里掉出来，被拾荒的小男孩（叶昭 饰）捡到。小男孩一直跟踪马跃进，想趁他上厕所的时候偷走钱包，却被马跃进识破了。马跃进与小男孩纠葛许久之后才弄清，原来照片中的女人和小男孩有很大渊源。马跃进想勒索钱包主人却进入了一个圈套，而小男孩把一切看在眼里。死里逃生后的马跃进与小男孩冰释前嫌，开始了相依为命的生活，被小男孩打动的马跃进决定在新年过后带小男孩去寻找亲人，一老一小踏上了异地的寻亲之旅…… 本片是北京电影学院2012届毕业联合作业，获得了第四十九届台湾电影金马奖等奖项。