《十二楼》题材是完全新加坡化的。故事聚焦于城市里最普通不过的几户家庭，他们的生活点滴、辛酸滋味构成了影片主体。事件非常凌乱，基本总结不出什么情节，以生活在下层的民众日常生活为核心，力图恢复生活原貌，表达了导演对于这个表面看来规规矩矩的花园国家的反思与讽刺，展现出新加坡浮世绘。影片内容涉及新加坡社会一些尖锐问题，如无聊失落、贫富不均等等。
尹天仇（周星驰 饰）一直醉心戏剧，想成为一名演员，平时除了做跑龙套以外，还会在街坊福利会里开设演员训练班。此时舞小姐柳飘飘在妈妈桑的带领下来到这里要求学做戏，原来柳飘飘有一段非常不愉快的经历，在尹天仇对她指导的过程中，柳飘飘对尹天仇渐生情愫，同时她也成为了夜总会里当红的小姐。尹天仇受到了极多白眼之后，终于得到了大明星鹃姐（莫文蔚 饰）的赏识，提携他担演新戏中的男主角，但没想到突然把他的角色换掉了，令他失望不已。在片场当场务的卧底警员（吴孟达 饰）身份被识穿，尹天仇阴差阳错的帮忙破了案。之后尹天仇继续活跃在街坊福利会的演员训练班里。
A woman travels from Peru to work as a housekeeper in Chile.
根据黄凤的真实事迹改编。渔民王淮杰（淳于珊珊 饰）在外出工作中发生了意外，从脚手架跌落造成高位截瘫。妻子陶丽（梅莉那 饰）打工维持家用，年轻的妻子最终离家而去。母亲走后，女儿王小凤（张雪迎 饰）长年累月地、竭尽全力帮助照料父亲，照顾得无微不至。七年里，她一个人挑起全家生活的重担，利用网络呼唤社会向他们伸出援助之手。得到了社会、家乡和政府的资助，最终使王淮杰能够顺利进行手术。
威尼斯电影节地平线拓展单元。 Tacho, a farmer, tends to his plot of land as life passes him by. When he receives news of his daughter's death, he travels to the city to bring her body home, and he discovers a world that is alien to him there.
沃夫冈是一位十岁男孩，患有自闭症谱系障碍的天才儿童，拥有过人的音乐天赋，沉迷于钢琴的世界。在母亲离世后，他被迫与素未谋面的父亲共同生活，展开一段既陌生又冲突不断的父子关系。
電影描述男主角與兩位女主角沉溺性愛、毒品的瘋狂生活，後來他決定開始尋找自我。
Desdemona lives on an isolated island with her strange family: her father Mario, her stepmother Dulcinea and her mentally challenged sister Paulova. As the only inhabitants on the island loneliness and desolation engulf all members of her family. Desdemona tries to ward off her boredom by taking long walks along the beach or engaging in acts of self-gratification. She often tries to seduce her own father Mario to engage in acts of a sexual nature. Their daily routine is interrupted by the arrival (by boat) of a robust male stranger who brings friction into Desdemona's family.
