尼古拉斯•安奇尔（西蒙•佩吉Simon Pegg 饰）在伦敦担任高级巡警，抓贼破案似乎是他最大的乐趣。为此他成为警局中最敬业最能干的警员。但这却招致了警长的妒嫉，可怜的尼古拉斯被调至一个偏僻平静的小镇当警察。 　　小镇已经几十年没有过恶性犯罪事件。尼古拉斯在那里过得相当郁闷 ，他觉得自己的擒贼本领没有施展空间。更令他烦恼的是，镇里警察局局长儿子丹尼•巴特曼（尼克•弗罗斯特 Nick Frost 饰）也来凑热闹，成为他的搭档。这个新搭档麻烦至极，整天询问大城市的警员经历。正在尼古拉斯烦心于镇里鸡毛蒜皮的事务和身边的苯搭档时，镇里却发生了一桩案件，让尼古拉斯嗅到了大展拳脚的机会，惊心动魄的战役开始了。

When Troy Holloway wakes up to find himself trapped aboard a drifting escape pod shooting towards the Sun he quickly realises the true terror of his situation. With rapid oxygen depletion and a burn- up rate of 90 minutes, Commander Roberts leads a rescue party to save Holloway before time runs out. Having recently lost his son and now confronted by his immediate end, Holloway feels less enthusiastic about survival. But Roberts, speaking to him only through a weak radio transmission, is determined to save his life, and both soon learn that the lives they have both lived influence each other in unexpected ways.

Anna is stuck: she's approaching 30, living like a hermit in her mum's garden shed and wondering why the suffragettes ever bothered. She spends her days making videos using her thumbs as actors - thumbs that bicker about things like whether Yogi Bear is a moral or existential nihilist. But Anna doesn't show these videos to anyone and no one knows what they are for. A week before her birthday her Mum serves her an ultimatum - she needs to move out of the shed, get a haircut that doesn't put her gender in question and stop dressing like a homeless teenager. Naturally, Anna tells her Mum to "back the f-off". However, when her school friend comes to visit, Anna's self-imposed isolation becomes impossible to maintain. Soon she is entangled with a troubled eight year old boy obsessed with Westerns, and the local estate agent whose awkward interpersonal skills continually undermine his attempts to seduce her.

故事聚焦于一个在自己精神世界中挣扎的、孤独的女人身上。简在婚礼仪式上被未婚夫抛弃后，20年来饱受精神分裂的折磨，在混乱的精神状况下，她的情感关系（无论是真实的还是想象的）和家庭关系矛盾重重。在医院看病的一天，简遇见了迈克——一个失败的、迷失的音乐家。两人开始了一段黑色喜剧性的浪漫故事，在这之中，情况发生了变化。