故事以未曾经历统一、战乱不止的中国战国时代为舞台，主人公李信是一位秦国的少年，他因为战乱而失去双亲，并在收留自己的里长家里过着奴隶一样的生活。里长家里收留了两名战争孤儿信和漂。然而，身为孤儿的信和漂并没有因为身份的卑贱而失去志向，反而这战事频繁的乱世中，立志要成为大将军，两人一同苦练武功。他们以成为名震天下的大将军为目标，每日磨练自己，等待机会建功立业。某天，漂被带入宫中任官。及后濒死的漂回到家中，信在漂指引下，见到了因为政变而被追杀的秦国大王嬴政，他戎马天下的人生便由此拉开了序幕……
抗日战争时期，日寇对冀中平原进行“大扫荡”，进步青年叶成从北平学成归来加入了村里的地道建设，面对不解和质疑，在党员马政委的领导下，叶成用所学知识带领村民升级完善地道，一次次巧妙化解日军的袭击。狡猾的日军将领采用孤立策略，扫除了叶成周边的地道村。岌岌可危之下，叶成主动出击，利用周边地形将地道连成网络摧毁了敌军的后方炮楼，对日军进行反包围，大获全胜。
片名《Tubelight》的意思来自影片中的一段台词： “信心就像是一盏日光灯， 点亮它需要花一些时间。 但一旦当它点亮， 它会照亮周围的一切。”
影片通过三位主人公——知识分子和投机商马高、他的朋友黑仔、他们共同的爱人娜塔莉——传奇般的人生展现了导演对南斯拉夫这个民族的理解与复杂情感。
本片于1942年德军占优势的非洲战线上，要起死回生的英军埋10万个地雷，然而被德军的袭击全军覆没，剩下了5个英军士兵，在要和主流部队汇合的卢中遇到两个德军，为了生存他们不得不暂时休战一起前行，不知什么时候被对方杀死，再加上炎热的天气，造就了影片中的紧张刺激……
葛山（山娃子）开冷枪打死一个日本军官，日军进山搜寻他以及八路军遗留的武器。
卫国战争的最后一年，年轻的坦克兵少尉马列什金Малешкин刚刚从军校毕业。他被委派指挥一个自行火炮支队，这支队伍里的战士个个身经百战，唯独少尉一个人初出茅庐... 影片讲述少尉和他的战士们在前线的战斗及战斗间歇的日常生活。影片结尾，在最后一次战斗中，少尉的战车不幸被击中，他和车组的三名战士一起捐躯沙场。
影片讲述朝鲜战争时期，八名韩国士兵秘密完成X-RAY情报计划和八尾岛作战计划，助推美国陆军上将麦克阿瑟指挥成功登陆仁川。
May 1945: the end of the Second World War in the Tyrolean Alps. SS man Anton has deserted and been shot. On the run from his unit, he swaps his SS uniform for that of a dead Wehrmacht soldier and discovers a lonely mountain hut. Hannah, a Jewish woman, is hiding here. She takes Anton in and tends to his wounds. But there is great mistrust between the two. Together they cope with the harsh everyday life in the remote hut. They are looked after by 16-year-old peasant girl Charlotte, whose family pays Hannah not to betray them. And at night, they hear fighting between the German troops and Italian partisans. Over time, a cautious familiarity develops between Anton and Hannah - he, who has done terrible things in the war, she, who has lost her family and has been struggling with fear and loneliness up here in the mountains for months. They grow closer. Hannah finds out that Anton was no ordinary soldier. He was in the SS, a man of conviction, at least at first. Brutal truths come to light. The war is as good as over, but what kind of future awaits them? Georg turns up at the hut: He's been looking for Anton, hunting him down. He was the one who shot Anton - his best friend. Georg is fighting a battle that has long been hopeless, driven by hatred and the will to destroy. And he also wants to kill Hannah. High in the mountains, the decision is made. The Deserter is a story about war and guilt, but also about helpfulness and humanity.
