比尔（拉尔夫·马奇奥 Ralph Macchio 饰）和斯坦（米歇尔·维特菲尔德 Mitchell Whitfield 饰）是一对损友，此时，他们正驾驶着汽车前往学校。这一段旅程注定不会平静，误打误撞之中，两人竟然被指控谋杀。眼看着审理日即将到来，比尔和斯坦找到了刚刚毕业的半吊子律师文森特（乔·佩西 Joe Pesci 饰），请求他为他们辩护。 　　令两人万万没有想到的是，文森特在法庭上的出格表现不仅没有为他们洗清罪名，文森特自己反而因为“蔑视法庭罪”而遭到监禁，而经历了如此挫折后，文森特一蹶不振，辩护水平更是大打折扣。一番波折之后，比尔和斯坦好不容易洗脱了牢狱之灾重获自由，但两人明白，只要文森特存在一天，他们的厄运就会延续一天。

Pierre is the highly successful CEO of a large family-owned company. Before signing the deal of the century, he has to settle one last formality: obtain the signature of his cousin Adrien who owns 50% of his firm. This sweet, idealistic dreamer, who makes one blunder after another, is so happy to see Pierre again that he wants to spend time with him and delay the moment of signing. So Pierre has no choice but to take his cousin with him on a turbulent business trip during which his patience will be put to the test.

一部关于一个男人和他的外籍工人面对毫无根据的指控的喜剧。

一部关于一个男人和他的外籍工人面对毫无根据的指控的喜剧。

Adam tells us the story of an older cousin, who had cerebral palsy. Adam would go over to play, and they'd dress as superheroes, jump off the shed, and run about the the street with an old shopping trolley. Adam explains his cousin's wayward left arm, his strong right one, his aunt's understanding of her son's rages ("bake a cake," she'd tell him), and the boy's love of swimming. On Adam's eighth birthday, the cousins are separated by tragedy; it's left to Adam to wonder about his cousin, and if he still smells of licorice.

A sheltered, sensitive teenager visits his tough, older cousin in Laredo, Texas and learns a hard lesson about what it means to be a man.

在一座大城市的阴暗角落，正发生一场激烈的拳脚打斗。几只野猫遭到无情的打击，全然丧失抵抗能力，而施暴者竟是一只身材矮小却蛮力过人的小老鼠——马索（Muscle）。在收拾过老猫后，马索察看门前的信件，发现了远方表弟杰瑞寄来的信。信中杰瑞痛陈被汤姆欺压蹂躏的始末，并衷心地向表哥求助。亲戚有难，自然应责无旁贷地出手相助。马索即刻收拾行囊启程，一路上所有的猫都闻风丧胆，早早躲藏起来。 　　与此同时，杰瑞正被汤姆逼在洞中戏耍，表哥的出现给他生的希望。当然，汤姆不会将马索放在眼里，可是他很快便发现眼前这个和杰瑞一模一样的小家伙，却有着极其强大的战斗力……

一个外省青年来到巴黎求学，与表哥同住，他是个听话本分的老实人，与生活放荡不羁、只追求享乐与刺激的表哥截然不同。但后来他却迷恋表哥的一个情人，在表哥的阴影下他必须面对爱情和伦理的考验。表哥知道事情后本想干掉他，但却在玩闹中命丧于他的枪下。 　　新浪潮导演夏布洛尔一鸣惊人的成名作，为他带来柏林影展金熊奖的荣誉，本片也是新浪潮电影的代表作之一。影片呈现出当时法国青年混乱的精神状态和糜烂的生活方式，充满现实主义的风格。导演非常冷静，不加任何批判地看待这个伦常悲剧，如实表现出其时社会上空虚迷惘的道德观念。片中的表兄弟形象非常具有批判性，在当时风靡一时。影片初步建立了导演自己的风格，有谎言的编织、有谋杀的情节、有对中产阶级生活的爱与恨、还有运动的特写镜头等等，从此查布洛尔开始了他对资产阶级犯罪行为和道德心理进行剖析和批判的电影风格。 　　《表兄弟》成为1959年法国国产电影票房第五，首轮放映即收得18万美元。在“新浪潮电影”真正的实验场——巴黎的电影院来看，1959年的《表兄弟》在《电影手册》导演当中排第二，41.6万的入场人次仅次于特吕弗《四百击》的45万人次。

一个外省青年来到巴黎求学，与表哥同住，他是个听话本分的老实人，与生活放荡不羁、只追求享乐与刺激的表哥截然不同。但后来他却迷恋表哥的一个情人，在表哥的阴影下他必须面对爱情和伦理的考验。表哥知道事情后本想干掉他，但却在玩闹中命丧于他的枪下……

Husband and wife Ludovic and Karine, and Ludovic's sixteen year old daughter Nelsa lead a relatively carefree life. Motorcycle riding Ludovic, a dance instructor, changes jobs every three years to keep himself interested in whatever he's doing. Ludovic recently remarried, this time to landscape designer Karine, a younger, beautiful woman who regardless is insecure due to her immaturity. Since she doesn't know how to handle that insecurity, Ludovic has placed Karine in various forms of therapy to help her with her life. Nelsa can see the cruelties that life has to offer, and although she doesn't like them, tries to embrace them to expose them for what they are. Ludovic wants to give everybody in his life, including Karine and Nelsa, as much freedom as they need to be happy. Husband and wife Pascal and Marthe and their adolescent son Eric lead a typical middle class life. Pharmaceutical salesman Pascal likes to think of himself as important to bolster his own sense of masculinity, which has led to him being a serial philanderer. Secretary Marthe knows about Pascal's unfaithfulness deep in her heart. The two couples meet when Ludovic's Uncle Jacques marries Marthe's feisty mother. At the wedding reception, Pascal and Karine head off to have a sexual dalliance. Both Ludovic and Marthe know what Pascal and Karine did, Pascal later admitting as much to Marthe. Although Ludovic and Marthe's friendship starts off solely about their respective cheating spouses, it becomes something more. After thinking about the situation over time, Ludovic and Marthe decide to take their relationship into the sexual realm. As time goes on, Ludovic and Marthe become more and more open about their affair, not only to Pascal and Karine, but to their entire combined extended family. Ludovic, Marthe, Pascal and Karine have to decide what to do about what is happening between Ludovic and Marthe, especially as they are now all family who see each other often at family functions.