鲑鱼专家琼斯博士（伊万·麦克格雷格 Ewan McGregor 饰）供职于英国渔业部门，中年危机让他倍感生活的无趣与疲惫。有一天，琼斯博士突然接到一个看似天方夜谭的任务。一位富有的也门酋长通过其年轻的秘书哈莉特（艾米莉·布朗特 Emily Blunt 饰）联系到琼斯博士，希望借助琼斯博士的智慧帮助他实现在也门钓鲑鱼的梦想。同时，英国政府在这个计划中发现了巨大的政治意义，于是英国首相新闻发言人（克里斯汀·斯科特·托马斯 Kristin Scott Thomas 饰）也兴致勃勃加入了进来。随着工作的进行，琼斯博士与哈莉特之间发生了微妙的变化。但面对已伴随一生的妻子，面对战争归来的男友，琼斯博士和哈莉特的选择将会何去何从？这个横跨两国的神奇计划又将在英国政府的加入后发生什么变化？酋长在也门钓鲑鱼的梦想究竟能否成功？ 这是一个关于爱、信仰与选择的故事。本片根据英国作家保罗·托迪（Paul Torday）2007年同名小说改编。

A writer stumbles upon a long-hidden secret when he agrees to help former British Prime Minister Adam Lang complete his memoirs on a remote island after the politician's assistant drowns in a mysterious accident.

Steven Russell leads a seemingly average life – an organ player in the local church, happily married to Debbie, and a member of the local police force. That is until he has a severe car accident that leads him to the ultimate epiphany: he’s gay and he’s going to live life to the fullest – even if he has to break the law to do it. Taking on an extravagant lifestyle, Steven turns to cons and fraud to make ends meet and is eventually sent to the State Penitentiary where he meets the love of his life, a sensitive, soft-spoken man named Phillip Morris. His devotion to freeing Phillip from jail and building the perfect life together prompts him to attempt (and often succeed at) one impossible con after another.

A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.