故事在1969年瞬息万变的洛杉矶展开，在那个风起云涌的变革时代，嬉皮文化盛行，好莱坞大制片厂制度瓦解，新的好莱坞明星纷纷崛起。电视明星里克·道尔顿（莱昂纳多·迪卡普里奥 Leonardo DiCaprio饰）与他长期合作替身搭档克里夫·布斯（布拉德·皮特 Brad Pitt 饰）如何在逐渐陌生的娱乐圈里，找到自己的一席之地。他们正力图扬名电影圈，却发现这个行业早已不是他们想象的样子了…… 这是昆汀自编自导第9部影片，汇集星光闪闪的卡司与交错的情节，纪念好莱坞不再复返的黄金年代。

　　At the start of his senior year in high school, Morgan's father has lost his company, so the family moves from Connecticut, where they've been in the yacht club, to an apartment in the San Fernando Valley. Morgan has grown up in the shadow of his high-achieving older brother, and he seems to have a knack for getting into trouble. He also has a stubborn streak, so when he finds himself attracted to Frankie, the girlfriend of the leader of a local gang of youthful thugs, he can't stop himself from pushing her for a relationship. The thug thinks of Frankie as his property and sees the cool, urbane Morgan as dead meat. Is this a struggle to the death?