在这部过好年剧情片中,华人的传统观念里，农历新年是一家人团聚的日子。《过好年》要以轻松的手法告诉观众，不论生活多困难、无论彼此有什么心结，只要一家人能够平安健康地生活在一起，就是最大的幸福和快乐。农历新年还没到，杨小冬（瑞恩饰）却已经开始采购年货，准备卖年货了。杨小冬和爷爷董建业（陈澍城饰）在牛车水开了一间小店铺，售卖林林总总的杂货，周遭还有卖肉干、鞋子、CD、胸罩等等店铺，大家关系融洽，尤其是隔壁卖胸罩和女性衣物的陈豪杰（陈泓宇饰），更是小冬心仪的对象。其实陈豪杰是个大学生，因为金融风暴的波及，被公司裁退，失业一整年，只好到叔叔陈良才（陈建彬饰）的店铺暂时帮忙。
The Chinese Lunar New Year is around the corner, and Lin Xiao Dong (Rui En) is busy stocking up on festive goods for the store she owns with her grandfather Dong Jian Ye (Shucheng Chen). Xiao Dong is adopted by Jian Ye after her mother died in a fire. She has assumed that the latter has no kin or kith, until the appearance of a young Japanese man, Noguchi Nariyasu (Remus Kam). Nariyasu is the stepson of Jian Ye's eldest son, Jin Xing (Tian Wen Chen), and through him, Xiao Dong realizes that Jian Ye also has another son and daughter. She discovers the family photo that Jian Ye hides under his pillow taken 17 years ago. When he is taken ill, she brings it upon herself to help him reunite his family. Together with Nariyasu, Xiao Dong looks for rest of Jian Ye's family but she soon finds out the ugly truth behind the family's estrangement. Xiao Dong is determined to help Jian Ye resolve his family issue and hopes to fulfill his wish for another portrait with his family.
