三十岁上的阿搏(周润发 饰)心地善良,可惜事业一事无成,长年与痴迷茅山道术的表姐金花(叶德娴 饰)相依为命,身边只有一个聋哑的昔日江湖兄弟“六尺三”跟随。某日,阿搏在一只古旧家具中发现女鬼魏小蝶(钟楚红 饰)的求助信,遂奉献三年阳寿与小蝶结为鬼夫妻,以助其脱离阴婚羁绊。魏小蝶回阳世报恩,却被阿搏误会为落难大陆妹并再次搭救。阿搏女友阿美(王小凤 饰)厌倦清苦生活频频出轨,终于弃阿搏而去,小蝶现身安慰,填补了阿搏的情感缺失,看穿小蝶女鬼身份的金花施法捉鬼,但终于被小蝶的诚意打动,反而帮助小蝶延长在阳世逗留的时间。阿美离开阿搏后生活并不如意,要求复合被阿搏拒绝后愤而自杀,化作厉鬼寻仇……
“An ordinary story, told in such an imaginary way. The Angel and The Devil, competing about Nikola, a twenty-and-something womanizing student of the world literature, a city's wise-guy whose cozy way of life is being roughly interrupted by impregnating Marina, a clumsy high school graduate at a party, who wants to keep the baby, while Nikola believes it's not necessary. Generations in Serbia knows to tell this film by heart, and I highly recommend it to anyone abroad because it's a great way of meeting and understanding Yugoslav pop culture.It also has an outstanding soundtrack. It's Srdjan Dragojevic's film-school graduation piece which shot him into instant fame."