A Puerto-Rican ex-con, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him, and lead a better life outside NYC.

After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state, controlling nearly all the cocaine that comes through Miami. But increased pressure from the police, wars with Colombian drug cartels and his own drug-fueled paranoia serve to fuel the flames of his eventual downfall.

Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and stand-off with the police. As Sonny's motives for the robbery are slowly revealed and things become more complicated, the heist turns into a media circus.

Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.

In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.

故事发生於20世纪80年代中期的纽约，《千禧年降临》的第一幕介绍了中心人物路易·爱恩森（Louis Ironson）。他是一名犹太人，与同性恋爱人普莱尔·沃尔特（Prior Walter）住在一起。但普莱尔後来发现自己患有艾滋病，社会在当时对此病仍然知之甚少，路易无法承受住巨大的压力便抛弃了对方搬了出去。与此同时，在城市中另一方，也有一位名为乔·皮特（Joe Pitt）的共和党律师。他是一位摩门教徒，同时也在尽力压制自己的同性恋倾向。剧中，臭名昭著的麦卡锡主义者罗依·康（Roy Cohn）为他提供了一份十分有前途的工作，而乔并没有立刻接受，因为他担心自己服用安定上瘾的妻子哈珀（Harper）。
随着剧情发展，普莱尔发现经常有鬼魂和天使来拜访他，还被这些人称为先知；乔在自己的宗教信仰和性取向的矛盾中痛苦挣扎；路易十分後悔抛弃了爱人，时刻受到良心的折磨；乔的妈妈汉娜（Hannah）得知儿子是同性恋後搬到纽约，要照顾儿媳；而罗依·康本人也是一位同志，因为艾滋病住进了医院，负责护理他的护士是一位名为伯利兹（Belize）的黑人同志，他是普莱尔的好友，原来从事过女装表演；最后，原来冷战时期因为罗依·康的幕後操纵而被美国司法处以极刑的共产党人艾瑟尔·罗森堡（Ethel Rosenberg）也化为鬼魂来報復他。
全剧充满了黑色幽默与悲剧色彩，对白极为出色，在一些需要特殊效果衬托的地方展现出很浓的戏剧风格。大多数演员都一人分饰几角，比如扮演普莱尔的护士的演员，也同时扮演美国天使。剧中对圣经和美国政治、经济、文化、种族、环境现象有非常多的引用，也有发生在南极和天堂的戏份，也涉及了旧金山的大地震与纽约中央公园中的毕士大（Bethesda）天使像。
很多观众与评论家都认为此剧是美国近年来最有影响力的戏剧之一。

2004 film by Michael Radford

1997 film directed by Taylor Hackford

In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.

Charlie Simms is a student at a private preparatory school who comes from a poor family. To earn the money for his flight home to Gresham, Oregon for Christmas, Charlie takes a job over Thanksgiving looking after retired U.S. Army officer Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade, a cantankerous middle-aged man who lives with his niece and her family.

Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the other even though they are aware their cat-and-mouse game may end in violence.

2002 film directed by Christopher Nolan