Wealthy Rollo Treadway (Buster Keaton) suddenly decides to propose to his neighbor across the street, Betsy O'Brien (Kathryn McGuire), and sends his servant to book passage for a honeymoon sea cruise to Honolulu. When Betsy rejects his sudden offer however, he decides to go on the trip anyway, boarding without delay that night. Because the pier number is partially covered, he ends up on the wrong ship, the Navigator, which Betsy's rich father (Frederick Vroom) has just sold to a small country at war.
　　Agents for the other small nation in the conflict decide to set the ship adrift that same night. When Betsy's father checks up on the ship, he is captured and tied up by the saboteurs. Betsy hears his cry for help and boards the ship to look for him, just before it is cut loose.
　　The Navigator drifts out into the Pacific Ocean. The two unwitting passengers eventually find each other. At first, they have great difficulty looking after themselves, but adapt after a few weeks. At one point, they sight a navy ship and hoist a brightly-colored flag, not realizing it signals that the ship is under quarantine. As a result, the other vessel turns away.
　　Finally, the ship grounds itself near an inhabited tropical island and springs a leak. While Rollo dons a deep sea diving suit and submerges to patch the hole, the black natives canoe out and take Betsy captive. When Rollo emerges from the ocean, the natives are scared off, enabling him to rescue Betsy and take her back to the ship. The natives return and try to board the ship. After a fierce struggle, Rollo and Betsy try to escape in a small dinghy. It starts to sink, and the natives swiftly overtake them in their canoes. Just when all seems lost, a navy submarine surfaces right underneath them and they are saved.

　　作为纪录电影大师弗拉哈迪的“毛利族三部曲”的最后一部（此前两部为《摩阿拿》和《南海白影》），影片讴歌了生死不渝的爱情，真实生动地反映了毛利人反对迷信和等级制度的斗争，有着鲜明的记录化风格，受到热烈欢迎。弗拉哈迪原著的本意是要拍一部表现毛利人社会生活的记录片，而茂瑙的不断修改则为其注入了更多的情节因素，招致弗拉哈迪的反对。在意见不合的情况下弗拉哈迪离开了摄制组，茂瑙不得不独立完成余下的工作。后来，弗拉哈迪也承认，在这部影片里，茂瑙有着更多的贡献。《禁忌》获第4届奥斯卡最佳摄影金像奖。
　　影片描写在南海上有个小岛，上面住着毛利人原始部落过着无忧无虑生活，部族依照当地信仰需要选举一位少女作为神供养（她将不能结婚），少女不愿过这种日子于是和未婚夫逃离了小岛，到了另一个岛生活，生活虽然艰难当时他们一直相亲相爱，直到部族首领（巫师）寻迹而至，少女不得不离开，他的未婚夫疯狂泅水去追赶那只载走他的未婚妻的船，他抓住了那艘船的缆绳，可是船上的巫师却把绳子割断，巨浪滔天，青年为了爱情悲壮地葬身于大海。

　　伊斯坦布尔受到政治暴力的控制。 Hamza, 是一名高级政治官员，他从监狱里释放了 Kadir，条件是Kadir要在垃圾收集器的新情报单位工作。Kadir 答应了，开始从贫民窟收集垃圾，并检查它是否包含制造炸弹的材料。可Kadir 发现他的弟弟Ahmet身在其中，Ahm et 在市政当局工作，并负责一件清除流浪汉的行动……

　　When a gifted 9-year-old girl, who works in a garment factory, is offered a once-in-a-lifetime chance to attend school, she is forced to make a heart-wrenching decision that will determine her and her sister's fate.