二十世纪初期是西部的转型期，但著名的侦察员兼神枪手汤姆霍恩（史蒂夫．麦奎因饰）无视时代变迁，仍坚持个人的生存原则，以单枪匹马搜捕罪犯为生，最后被时代淘汰。本片根据汤姆．霍恩的自传改编，以冷峻手法表现一个没落西部英雄的形象，手法传统，故事清淡，但颇能捕捉到暴力与死亡的痛苦感觉。

　　Because I could not stop for Death, he kindly stopped for me; the carriage held but just ourselves and immortality” – Emily Dickinson
　　If Death took a holiday, the guns would go silent in Iraq, the slaughter on our nation’s highways would cease, and the news media would be compelled to cover positive events in the humanities, arts, and sciences. Unfortunately, Death has not had a vacation in recorded history, but Mitchell Leisen’s 1934 fantasy, Death Takes a Holiday, allows us to consider the possibility. Co-written by Maxwell Anderson and Gladys Lehman and based on the play "La Morte in Vacanza" by Alberto Casella, Death Takes a Holiday stars Frederic March as the Grim Reaper who takes on human form in an attempt to discover why men fear him so much. Why he has waited 5,000 years to satisfy this curiosity is not explained.
　　[Spoiler] After a brief tryout as a shadowy figure who scares the daylights out of those that cross his path, Death shows up at, of all places, an upscale party at an Italian villa, posing as the mysterious Prince Sirki. Only one person knows who he really is, the host Duke Lambert (Guy Standing), and he is sworn to secrecy. Sirki proceeds to fascinate the guests. Given to bursts of wit and poetry, he can just as quickly turn sullen and threatening, and some soon find out that it is better not to look too deeply into his eyes. During the three days in which the Prince is at the villa, however, people all over the world miraculously escape death and potential suicides are doomed to frustration.
　　To see what’s behind all the conversation about love, the suave but naïve Prince Sirki falls for the irresistible Grazia (Evelyn Venable), the daughter of one of Duke’s friends. Grazia knows who Death is but does not fear him, much to the chagrin of her fiancé, Corrado (Kent Taylor) who has developed a strong disdain for Prince Charming.
　　More sinister than Brad Pitt in the 1998 remake Meet Joe Black, March turns in a very convincing performance as the creepy yet strangely appealing guest. Although the ending is melodramatic, the emotions are very real and the suggestion that Death may in reality be a friend disguised as a foe is quite touching.
　　(Howard Schumann, talkingpix.co.uk)
　　In this wearisome and predictable plot line, Death falls in love and bores us to death talking about it.
　　(Dennis Schwartz, homepages.sover.net)
　　I've heard DRACULA was advertised with the tag line "The Weirdest Love Story ever told!" (this is probably a paraphrase), but at heart, I've never felt that you could honestly call that movie a love story. The tag line would be much more appropriate for this one, since it ultimately boils down to what amounts to a love story. This movie is very good indeed, particularly if you consider that it is built around a concept that could have easily been handled in a cute or facile manner. Instead, it is handled as seriously as possible, with some real thought put into how death would try to come to terms with a life and an outlook that was to that point totally unfamiliar to him; much of the credit does go to Fredric March in the title role. It's quite scary when it needs to be, particularly during the first twenty minutes. From then on, it deals with its themes with subtlety, a quiet wit, an enduring sadness, and an everpresent tension on how Death might react if crossed. It's not perfect; some of the dialogue is self-conscious and artificial, as if the writers knew they were dealing with weighty issues and were trying to be profound. But I am certainly glad they didn't try to turn it into a musical comedy of sorts.
　　(Dave Sindelar, scifilm.org)
　　See also the remake: Death Takes A Holiday (1971)

本片是坎贝尔史考特与珍妮佛杰森李主演的电视电影，剧情架构有点近似多年前轰动一时的《似曾相识》，是一部拍得十分细腻动人的超时空爱情片。剧情描述青年史科蒂柯里甘偶然在一张古董桌中发现了一封在一百多年前写好的情书，被信中传达的情意深深感动，进而对写信的女主人产生一种微妙的情愫。他不顾在现实生活中即将举行的婚礼，用一百多年前的墨水和邮票来响应了那封情书，不料因此产生了一段隔代的恋情。本片获得美国编剧协会的最佳电视编剧奖，导演丹寇蒂斯对浪漫迷离的气氛亦处理得可圈可点。

一个跨越一生的真实爱情故事，但最终会导致痛苦的爱情损失。简（Jan）是一个过分保护好战的父亲的女儿，但这并不能阻止她与空军年轻的地理情报员史蒂夫（Steve）坠入爱河。

　　加里·格兰特在片中扮演一位画家，秀兰·邓波儿饰演一个纯真的年轻姑娘，玛娜·洛伊扮演年轻姑娘的姐姐。年轻姑娘深情不渝的爱上了魅力四射的画家，但画家只想利用这种关系来接近小姑娘的姐姐。但这位生活稳定的女记者却出于傲慢和对其妹妹感情的双重顾虑而拒绝接受画家的爱。最后画家利用其过人的幽默感把这原本很糟糕的情势化为了快乐的结局。

　　乡村音乐巨星Liam Page在婚礼上丢下新娘走了，选择追逐功名利禄，但他一直都没忘记Josie。多年后Liam回到家乡参加一场葬礼，意外和Josie重逢，发现自己居然有个女儿，三人开始重新组建家庭。

　　在大萧条期间，一名工会领导人和一名年轻妇女成为罪犯，对铁路的管理进行报复。

　　爱丽斯(凯特•温斯莱特 Kate Winslet饰)住在英国伦敦的乡村，而阿曼达(卡梅隆•迪亚兹 Cameron Diaz饰)则是洛杉矶的美国丽人。她们在天南地北的两端，却遇上了同样的问题：在感情上遭受了挫败，令生活灰暗无光。二人在网上聊天，商议在圣诞节到来之前，到对方的环境去生活，交互双方的住所作为度假场地。于是，一场令人兴奋的旅行开始了。爱丽斯来到美国大都市，阿曼达则乘班机前往极具英伦情调的英国乡村。除了新鲜的生活环境，当地男生的魅力更让她们猝不及防。

　　四个男女之间的反复关系，在爱情里追逐和厌倦。丹（裘德·洛 Jude Law 饰）是作家，他爱上了舞女爱丽丝（娜塔丽·波特曼 Natalie Portman 饰）。丹对爱丽丝炽热燃烧的爱情给了他灵感和激情，但厌倦也随之而来，他内心在寻找另一个人的爱，终于他遇上了摄影师安娜 （朱莉娅·罗伯茨 Julia Roberts 饰）。
　　安娜和另一个年轻人拉里（克里夫·欧文 Clive Owen饰），在爱的游戏里相互试探和接近。但是丹的进攻也让她动了情。讽刺的是，安娜的情人拉里，也和爱丽丝有了瓜葛。
　　于是，躺在他们身边的人，未必是他们心里想念的那人。

　　大学生理查德（克里斯托弗·里夫 饰）在毕业典礼上遇到了一个老妇人，老妇人送给他一只金表，并表示等他回来。虽然他感到非常奇怪，但事情也不了了之了。8年后他成为一个著名的剧本作家，他为了寻找灵感来到了一家酒店度假，酒店历史悠久，在历史陈列室内他被一张女明星Elise（简·西摩尔 饰）的照片深深吸引住了，并认得她就是送金表的老妇人。原来老妇人在送于他金表的晚上已经离世了。而他通过梦境，回到时光倒流的70年前，发现自己竟与这名女明星又有一段美丽的爱情故事

艾丽卡（克里斯蒂娜·米利安ChristinaMilian饰）是一名歌手，曾经在流行音乐乐坛中有着一席之地，然而，意外的发生让她的事业画上了句点。某日，艾丽卡接到一个活，要前往位于毛里求斯的一个豪华度假村，在一对新人的婚礼上表演节目。好巧不巧的是，其中的新郎不是别人，正是艾丽卡的前男友贾森（杰·费罗尔JayPharoah饰）。艾丽卡想要向新娘贝弗利（杰瑞尔·普雷斯科特JerylPrescott饰）隐瞒自己和贾森的这段情史，但很快她就发现，她所做的一切努力都是徒劳，因为在她的内心深处，依然还留存着对于贾森的感情。凯莱布（辛奎·沃尔斯SinquaWalls饰）是贾森的哥哥，他看出了艾丽卡的小心思，并且发誓要不惜一切代价维护弟弟的婚姻。

　　二战结束后，思乡心切的大批美军士兵踏上旧金山港即投进久候的亲人的怀抱，但保罗•萨顿（基努•里维斯）久等仍不见其妻子的踪影，夕阳西沉时，他拖着孤单落寞的身躯走回家中，发现妻子早已改变，她的眼里只剩金钱不再有他。
　　眼看家中已毫无温情，保罗也无心留恋，只是他再次外出离家是为工作。在火车上，保罗结识美丽的姑娘维多利亚•阿拉贡（Aitana Sánchez-Gijón），因为投缘，保罗将她一路细心照顾，而维多利亚在感激之余，向保罗倾诉了自己的不幸，听过她的遭遇后，保罗决定陪她返回家乡，尽其所能帮助她。

每段情感关系都有保鲜期吗？影片以多对伴侣的不同视角，解构情感如何在时间消磨中获得调和。

马文·盖博（关继威饰）是一名在密尔沃基州郊区工作的房地产经纪人，这里到处都有“房屋出售”的招牌。有一天马文·盖博突然收到一封来自萝丝（阿丽亚娜·德博斯饰）的绯红色信封，萝丝曾经是被他抛弃等死的搭档，所以她对他超级不爽。现在，马文被迫重新回到一个无情杀手的世界，充满了双重背叛，就连开放看屋活动都变成致命战场。当他脾气火爆的犯罪集团老大兄弟“指节哥”（吴彦祖饰）派出手下追捕他，马文就必须面对一直纠缠着他的选择，以及他从未真正逃离的过去。

　　A cynical journalist decides to take a train from Washington, D.C. to Los Angeles for Christmas to get inspiration for a story in honor of his late father. He gets to know the other passengers and runs into an old flame while aboard.

　　After a late-night cup of coffee, vaudevillians Jo Hayden and Harry Palmer sit at a piano and work a song. Moments later, Jo realises she's found exactly what she wasn't looking for: a partner. And with Judy Garland as Jo and Gene Kelly as Harry, the partnership isn't just ideal. It's a film fan's dream come true. Kelly debuts and Garland dazzles in this Busby Berkeley-directed tale of a song-and-dance pair who take on tank towns, tough times and World War I while struggling for show-biz success. A hit parade of era tunes paces the film, including the wowser "Ballin' the Jack" and the sweetly harmonized title tune. Bursting with vitality and old-fashioned charm, "For Me And My Gal" is for the ages.