这部影片讲述了荷兰著名画家伦勃朗的浪漫情事和职业生涯，并着重讲述了他的代表作《夜巡》的创作过程。伦勃朗一直是上流社会的肖像画家，他拥有接踵而至的订单，美满甜蜜的爱情。直到1642年他的妻子为他生下小儿子不久去世，生活开始大转折。随之而来的是因为为阿姆斯特丹射击手公会画家创作的集体肖像《夜巡》又被顾主告上法庭，使伦勃朗蒙受了事业上最重大的一次挫折。此后他的事业开始衰落，他开始陷于债务之中。人世沧桑、人情冷暖……

本片讲述了洛杉矶警察局巡逻老将雷•曼德尔和新警察尼克•霍兰德在追捕两名逍遥法外的杀手时度过的一个难忘的夜晚。两名杀手作案后逍遥法外，并在寻找更多的目标，曼德尔和霍兰德必须在这座充满危险的城市中战斗。随着夜幕的降临，曼德尔和霍兰德开着警车在洛杉矶危险的街道上徘徊。虽然只有几层薄薄的金属和玻璃的保护，但是他们依旧在与时间赛跑，寻找失踪的女孩。

Set against the turbulent backdrop of Forties London, The Night Watch tells the stories of four young Londoners inextricably linked by their wartime experiences. In a time when the barriers of sexual morality and social convention have been broken down, Kay (Anna Maxwell Martin), Helen (Claire Foy), Viv (Jodie Whittaker) and Duncan (Harry Treadaway) enjoy a freedom never experienced before as they engage in secret liaisons and passionate trysts. The drama opens in 1947 as the country is trying to rebuild itself after the war; we find Kay mysteriously roaming the streets, haunted by some traumatic personal loss. Meanwhile, Helen and Viv run a marriage bureau, helping people rebuild their shattered lives by finding love. But their own complicated love lives are less easy to solve. Helen obsessively clings to her tumultuous and volatile relationship with Julia while Viv is continuing an affair with a married man whom she seems unable to break free from. Viv's vulnerable young brother Duncan harbours a terrible secret, when a face from his past re-appears which threatens his fragile existence. Moving back in time through the Forties into the maelstrom of the Blitz, the lives, loves and