Beleaguered adventurer Carl Denham returns to the island where he found King Kong.

Three Italian-American brothers, living in the slums of 1940's New York City, try to help each other with one's wrestling career using one brother's promotional skills and another brother's con-artist tactics to thwart a sleazy manager.

Sophie is snatched from her orphanage early one morning by the BFG (Big Friendly Giant), whom she witnesses engaged in mysterious activities. She is soon put at ease, as she learns that BFG's job is to collect, catalog and deliver pleasant dreams to children. She joins him that night, but a mean giants follow them, planning to eat the children of the world.

Edward Bloom sempre gostou de contar as suas aventuras de quando era um jovem. As suas histórias, extraordinárias e irreais, sempre seduziram quem o ouvia, excepto o seu filho Will. No entanto, quando Edward adoece, Will inicia uma compilação dos seus contos.