根据金庸小说原作《神雕侠侣》改编而成。
杨过（任贤齐饰）原是个市井中的小混混，相依为命的母亲去世后，他无意间结识了父亲的故人：大侠郭靖（孙兴饰）和黄蓉（夏文汐饰）夫妇，遂跟随他俩一起去了桃花岛，从此开始了他坎坷而又充满传奇的一生。
桀骜不驯的杨过并不受黄蓉的疼爱，和郭靖之女郭芙（季芹饰）的关系形同水火；被郭靖送去全真教习武后又受到百般严苛折磨；直到杨过拜古墓派传人小龙女（吴倩莲饰）为师，后者虽然一开始冷若冰霜，但在杨过的感染下，也渐渐卸下防备，袒露真心。
就在两人最幸福之际，他们师徒相恋的关系却在武林中掀起轩然大波……两人的恋情开始受到阻挠，这对有情人也经历了种种世上最坎坷的考验。

表面上看来，晴（吴倩莲 饰）只是一个沉默寡言的普通女子，但实际上，她的真实身份竟然是一名技艺高超的冷血杀手。无尽的杀戮让晴的内心充满了疲惫，每当伤感之时，她都会到一间面店里去吃一碗面条。面条的温度温暖了晴的胃，而面店的老板朗（刘青云 饰）则温暖了她的心。
一次行动中，晴惹恼了名为崔（韩载锡 饰）的男人。崔是晴所暗杀的目标的保镖，他无法忍受自己的失败，决定将造成这一切的罪魁祸首赶尽杀绝。崔经过了一番调查，终于将晴从茫茫人海中楸了出来。面对穷凶极恶的追杀者，身陷险境的晴只能选择亡命天涯，而对晴一往情深的朗则选择了同晴一起上路。

Young gay men in Hong Kong. Hoi, Fa, and Kau have been friends since Third Form. They're now young gay adults sharing an apartment. Fa, who writes film scripts, has recently been jilted and is heart-broken. Hoi, who works at an ad agency where he's in the closet, is pursued by Fok May, a female colleague. Kau, effeminate and outgoing, is humiliated in public by his father in front of his brother and sister. He goes on TV to make a plea for acceptance. Under the shadow of AIDS and of prejudice, May and the three guys live out their friendships.

Poor girl meets rich boy as they quarrel over a food seller's once a year delicacy. His brother pays her to marry the brother so he can stage an assassination attempt. The attempt doesn't succeed but the man is reduced to the level of an idiot child and the girl looks after him because of her guilt. She nurses him back to health so that he can resume his place as head of the family.

香港。身为广告公司创作总监的女强人方明（吴倩莲 饰），事业爱情两如意。北京。体育学院体育队学生程杨（李亚鹏 饰）与青梅竹马的女朋友邢佳妮（王宁 饰）相爱多年。这对本生活在平行空间里的男女，却因为方明男友的弃婚而在冥冥中相遇。
佳妮为了出国而跟一位香港男人有了孩子小单（钟楚雄 饰），然而她居然扔下小单又跟随一位美藉华人去了美国。自从佳妮走后，程杨不仅肩负起照看小单的任务，还照顾着佳妮妹妹邢佳华（龚蓓苾 饰）的生活。方明的弟弟方正（陈豪 饰）风流倜傥，是北京一家大百货公司的买办经理。他从未想过自己竟会爱上这个单纯而美丽的女孩佳华。当故作坚强的方明来到北京工作时，在不经意间邂逅了命中注定的男孩程杨。一段跨越2475公里距离、发生在香港北京之间的爱情之旅，旋即浪漫上演。