1968年，宾夕法尼亚州，五名俄裔青年经常在狩猎季节去阿勒格尼山猎鹿取乐，越战前夕，其中的三位男猎鹿人迈克尔、尼可和斯蒂芬应征入伍。猎鹿人出发前，斯蒂芬和安琪拉结了婚，而对迈克尔有好感的琳达，则同意等尼克归来后和他结婚。两年之后，迈克尔等三人先后被越军俘获，在那里，他们共同受尽了各种惨绝人寰的折磨。一天，看守他们的越军强迫他们和其他战俘进行“俄罗斯轮盘赌”。迈克尔和尼克伺机夺枪打死了看守，同斯蒂芬一起逃跑。

下岗恐怕不仅仅是中国工人面对的问题，下岗了怎么办？英国人用他们的幽默给我们上了一课。这天，刚下岗的钢铁工人盖茨（罗伯特•卡莱尔 Robert Carlyle 饰）和戴夫（马克•艾迪 Mark Addy 饰）遇上了一个同病相怜的兄弟――正在自杀的龙珀（史提夫•惠森 Ste ve Huison 饰），二人慌忙救下了他。为了今后的出路，三人绞尽脑汁。最终，他们想出了一个近乎疯狂的主意。他们找到了已经转业在舞厅当演员的前工头杰拉尔，于是，当地第一个专门的男人脱衣舞团成立了！随后，黑人霍斯和小伙子盖伊也闻风加入了这个团体。在一连串爆笑的场面下，这个脱衣舞团第一次演出就获得了空前的成功，虽然因为涉嫌色情遭到了警察调查，却为这个团体增加了更加多人气，很多人出于好奇心而来观看演出。在获得了家庭成员的理解后，这个团体开始了他们的终极演出。

Sensitive study of a headstrong high school football star who dreams of getting out of his small Western Pennsylvania steel town with a football scholarship. His equally ambitious coach aims at a college position, resulting in a clash which could crush the player's dreams.

布鲁诺和米雷拉于1989年结婚，住在一个美丽的小镇皮昂比诺。过了一段时间，布鲁诺被解雇了，而布鲁内拉则与当地电视偶像格里·福莫交往。当她意识到布鲁诺无法忍受领取救济金时，她后悔了，想离开格里。为时已晚：布鲁诺已经发现了一切，并要求她离开。过了一会儿，他们又开始了另一段时间，但他们很快意识到他们的爱情故事已经结束了。米雷拉回到父母家，开始在幼儿园工作，而布鲁诺则在当地海滩找到了一份工作。两人开始交换书信。

A middle-aged steelworker is content with his job and his family, but feels that something is missing in his life. On his 50th birthday, he stops in at a local bar for a drink to celebrate. He finds himself attracted to the young, very sexy barmaid--and, to his surprise, he finds that she is also very attracted to him.

Wayne tells the exhilarating story of 1987 World Motorcycle Grand Prix Champion Wayne Gardner's triumphant, improbable journey from a 5-dollar dirt bike to the international summit of his sport.

Steve Kostain, nephew of the owner, begins working at a steel mill to learn the business from the bottom up. He rooms with a steel working family, the McNamaras, and falls for the daughter, "Red", who is already involved with another steelworker. Although he is at first has a hard time with his co-workers, he eventually wins them over, and also wins the girl.

Tony Buba, a film maker from Braddock, Pennsylvania, tells the story of his hometown's decline (along with the rest of the steel mill towns along the Monongahela River) while he dreams of making higher budget films. The picture documents, in a lighthearted way, the community anxiety and activism that accompanied the failure of the steel industry around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

A very topical early talkie from low-budget company Columbia Pictures, Wall Street starred Ralph Ince, brother of producer Thomas H. Ince, as Roller McCray, a steelworker turned ruthless tycoon whose tough business methods leads a rival (Philip Strange) to commit suicide. The widow (Aileen Pringle), believing she can ruin Ince by using his own methods, conspires with her husband's former partner (Sam De Grasse), but a strong friendship between Ince and Pringle's young son (Freddie Burke Frederick) changes things dramatically. According to future Three Stooges director Edward Bernds, who worked as a sound mixer on Wall Street, Ince's reaction to his rival's suicidal jump from a window ledge was changed from a sneering "I didn't think he had the guts" to the more respectful "I didn't think he'd do it" due to derisive laughter from the film's crew.

Matt Morrison gets his old college chum Frank Stewart a job at the steel foundry where he works. Trouble quickly ensues.

Pavle Pavlovic, a steel worker, openly talks about the issues in the steel factory in a television show. He receives an apartment from the board, takes his statement back, but looses the trust of his colleagues. He starts all over again: in another company he gains new friends, however while facing the criminals who illegally transport workers abroad, he loses his life.

An exploration of the past and future of the steel industry in America.