大学教授韩拔（杰里米•艾恩斯 饰）年幼时经历了失去初恋女友之痛后，自此他对未成年少女有特殊的感情。 　　一次他到了美国去，成为了寡妇夏洛特（梅勒尼•格利菲恩 饰）的房客，当他看到夏洛特年仅14岁的女儿洛丽塔（多米尼克•斯温 饰）时，他疯狂爱上了这个美丽的少女。事实上，夏洛特希望可以跟韩拔结婚，让自己与女儿都能有个依靠。同时为了能让自己能够留在洛丽塔身边，韩拔还是跟夏洛特结婚了。不久，夏洛特知道了丈夫对自己女儿的迷恋，愤怒出走时遇车祸身亡了。 　　韩拔把在身在夏令营的洛丽塔接到身边，瞒着母亲去世的消息与她游历美国，而他们也展开了一段不伦恋。面对小妖女洛丽塔，韩拔百般顺从，但洛丽塔还是厌倦了他，密谋逃走……Humbert Humbert, a British professor coming to the US to teach, rents a room in Charlotte Haze's house, but only after he sees her 14-year-old daughter, Dolores (Lolita), to whom he is immediately attracted. Though he hates the mother, he marries her as this is the only way to be close to the girl, who will prove to be too mature for her age. They start a journey together, trying to hide they're not just (step)father and daughter, throughout the country, being followed by someone whom Humbert first suspects to be from the police. The profound jealousy, and maybe some guilt from the forbidden love, seem slowly to drive the man emotionally labile.