Mary, a poor farm girl, meets Tim just as word comes that war has been declared. Tim enlists in the army and goes to the battlefields of Europe, where he is wounded and loses the use of his legs. Home again, Tim is visited by Mary, and they are powerfully attracted to each other; but his physical handicap prevents him from declaring his love for her. Deeper complications set in when Martin, Tim's former sergeant and a bully, takes a shine to Mary.
故事发生在充满了异域风情的阿拉伯王国阿格拉巴，阿拉丁（梅纳·马苏德 Mena Massoud 饰）出生在一个贫穷的家庭之中，但这并没能够妨碍他成长为一个善良而有乐观的青年。一次偶然中，阿拉丁邂逅了茉莉公主（娜奥米·斯科特 Naomi Scott 饰），茉莉公主不满足于父亲为她安排的政治联姻，想要接替国王的宝座，亲手带领国家走向富强。与众不同的茉莉公主一下子就吸引了阿拉丁的注意，两人在经历了几次意外之后渐渐的走到了一起。
