故事发生在1862年的伦敦,詹姆斯(埃迪·雷德梅恩 Eddie Redmayne 饰)是一位非常有理想抱负的年轻科学家,致力于研究天气预报技术,然而,经济上的窘迫让他无法使用自己的热气球将研究成果带上天空,于是,他找到了名为艾米莉亚(菲丽希缇·琼斯 Felicity Jones 饰)的女子。 艾米莉亚是一个经验非常丰富的热气球飞行员,如今却沉溺在一段痛苦的往事之中无法自拔。她答应了詹姆斯的请求,两人共同驾驶着热气球开始了他们的冒险,并且凭借着智慧和勇气抵达了人类从未涉足过的高度。然而,当他们飞的越高,所要面对的危险就越大。
A grandfather and curio shop owner in a small town in Arizona and his granddaughter are transported to a mystical land through a portal stone and have to find their way back.
In the 1990s post-communist Slovakia, former woods worker Miki takes his chances to start doing business at a local level and climb up the ladder to become the biggest mafia boss in the country.