An orphan lives in the walls of a 1930s railway station, hiding from the inspector who would send him to an orphanage. He scours the station for parts to complete a clockwork robot invented by his father, a quest which leads him to uncover a lonely shopkeeper's mysterious past. Martin Scorsese's family adventure, starring Asa Butterfield, Chloe Grace Moretz, Ben Kingsley and Jude Law.

Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. Hugo's job is to oil and maintain the station's clocks, but to him, his more important task is to protect a broken automaton and notebook left to him by his late father. Accompanied by the goddaughter of an embittered toy merchant, Hugo embarks on a quest to solve the mystery of the automaton and find a place he can call home.