初中毕业后，视频因家境不许，视频15岁的农村少年阿远（王晶文）放弃学业来台北做事，初尝人生的辛苦，却仍为自己的理想努力着。一年后，阿远青梅竹马的恋人阿云（辛树芬）也来到台北，了解到现实的台北同阿远信里所描述的，是两个世界。可是困顿的环境并没减少他们的快乐，因为他们拥有彼此。阿远服兵役时，因为有每日抵达的书信，孤身在台北的阿云起初并没感到有多孤独。然而日子久了，遥远恋人的纸上诉情总比不过现实生活中鲜活男孩的低声耳语，加上对未来怀有的恐慌，阿云在阿远退伍前选择了嫁作他人妇。伤心虽有，阿远也只能选择抑压。
回复 :乔刚是一名缉毒警察，妻子罗丽是一名医生，两人有一个可爱的女儿，一次抓捕毒贩的过程中，乔刚中弹差点牺牲，在罗丽的请求下，乔刚无奈答应调离岗位，但扔心系追查毒贩。乔刚的搭档谭明在一次追查毒枭“海东青”的过程中牺牲，为了抓住“海东青”，替谭明报仇，乔刚毅然回到了禁毒队，失望之下罗丽以离婚相逼。乔刚要去抓捕“海东青”，怕自己会遭遇不测，乔刚在离婚协议书上签字，罗丽最终妥协，撕毁离婚协议书，告诉乔刚必须活着回来，女儿和自己都会在家等着他。乔刚带着使命和家人的爱离去·····
回复 :该片是侯孝贤对自己电影生涯所作的一次总结。三段故事里男（张震）女（舒淇）主角表达情感的方式及所处时代背景，都能在侯孝贤各个时期的影片里找到对应。《恋爱梦》纯净，似不可抵达的梦的彼岸；《自由梦》感人，却是接近天国的更遥远的梦境；《青春梦》冰冷，却是现实。冒失说出侯孝贤眼中“最好的时光（或最好的电影时光）”是哪一段并无太大意义，因为所有的时光都是被辜负被浪费的，也只有在辜负浪费之后，才能从记忆里将某一段拎出，拍拍上面沉积的灰尘，感叹它是最好的时光。
回复 :Raj总有个童年时期的朋友Tina不如他，但Tina的最好的朋友Pooja总比他强。当Raj的全家移民到英国后开始到互联网生意, Raj许诺Tina他与她将保持联系，他们的友谊地久天长。然而Tina忽视他，不回他的电子邮件,但是Pooja却回了他的信并以Tina的名义和他保持联系。十五年后,他们的友谊通过电子邮件开花结果了, Raj相信他认识的Tina，其实是Pooja。他全家决定回到印度带两周度假，当Tina发现了真相，他们决定一起扮演。当Raj到了印度,他被Tina的美丽深深的迷住了，但是却十分欣赏Pooja的个性。他将选择谁呢？Raj, Pooja and Tina are childhood friends. While Raj has always been attracted to the vivacious Tina, he is completely unaware of the quiet Pooja's feelings for him. When Raj's family move to England to get involved in an internet business, Raj promises Tina that he will keep in touch with her and that their friendship will always be forever. However Tina disregards him and chooses not to respond to his first e-mail, in turn Pooja decides to keep in touch with him but signs under Tina's name. Fifteen years later, and their friendship has blossomed via e-mail, Raj believing that he's getting to know Tina when it's really Pooja. His family decides to go back on a holiday to India for 2 weeks, when Tina discovers the truth about Pooja's e-mails, they decide together that Tina will play along with the charade. When Raj arrives in India, he is struck by Tina's beauty but equally as struck to Pooja's personality. On a coincidence Raj eventually realizes that he had been corresponding with Pooja, and he realizes that Pooja is his true love which forces Tina and her family to accept the fact that Raj and Pooja are suitable for each other and that the two should get marry under any circumstances.
