Poor Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) steals bread for hungry children and is sentenced to 19 years of hard labor. After being released from prison, he stole the silverware of the bishop who took him in overnight and absconded, but was caught by the police. The bishop claimed that the silverware was given to him, which saved him from arrest. The bishop's words and deeds touched him, and he changed his name to Madeleine, and started a new life. But the sheriff Javert (Russell Crowe) who arrested him was determined to make trouble for him. After learning about the tragic experience of Fantine (Anne Hathaway), he promised to take care of her illegitimate daughter Cosette (Amanda Seyfried). Eight years later, Cosette fell in love with the republican youth Marius (Eddie Redmayne), the vigorous people's uprising in Paris broke out, the rogue Thenardier (Sacha Baron Cohen) and he met again on a narrow road, and Javert, who had never given up hunting him for many years, appeared in front of him again...