Ted Robards, in the past a successful stock broker, is on the verge of financial ruin. His son, Chris, has disappointed Ted a long time ago, creating only troubles for him. His wife, Sandy, is obsessed with the idea of having the second child.
John, his wife Emily, and their small son Edward leave the city for what they believe will be a brief foray to the countryside to claim John's inheritance – a small shack. They find themselves in a strange back-woods rural setting...nothing is what it seems, and John's behaviour becomes increasingly bizarre as he crosses paths with the unusual inhabitants of the area, some of whom he knows from a distant past. left|thumb|(Nick Remy Matthews ACS) and Ed (William Traeger) As his connections to the area are gradually revealed, we are shown a puzzle and a tapestry of our hero and his life before he moved away.
FBI agent Richard Hendricks lies in a hospital bed, dictating the results of his investigation for a report to the California governor. In long flashback scenes it is revealed that a number of dubious paroles granted to dangerous career criminals cause the governor and state attorney general to suspect corruption with the state prison parole board. Hendricks goes undercover as "Rick Carson" to portray an ex-convict attempting to buy a parole for a criminal partner currently in jail.
The main character is Alex Trambuan (played by Peter O'Brian), known to his friends as Rambu, is a lone vigilante and former police officer who takes revenge on the gang who killed his wife. The movie starts off with two gangsters driving recklessly down a road hitting an old woman. The two gang members get out the car, having a go at her until Rambu comes along with a baseball bat, smashing the car windows forcing the gangsters to pay the old woman.
Judy Davis plays the two roles of a mother, Georgia, and her daughter Nina. The film is presented as a series of flashbacks as Nina investigates her mother's death, which led to her adoption as a young child.
Teenage friends Susan, Wilga, Patricia and Kenny are train surfers, seeking an adrenaline high. One day they run out of luck when Patricia is impaled on a water pipe. Following her death, the others make a pact to do something good to honour her name - or come back and ride the train again in 15 years to their death.
Set in Vietnam during the 1950s, journalist Michael Duffield (Robert Reynolds) and his English photographer wife Louisa (Saskia Reeves) arrive at the plantation of a Frenchman named Daniel (Sami Frey) and his daughter Sarah (Jacqueline McKenzie).
Washington Delaware Jones has never done much good for his town, and ultimately he is ordered by a judge to leave for good. In following the judge's order he brings his friend and collaborator Jefferson, and the two men go on a search for a new place to live. Both lack professional experience and start thinking about what kind of jobs they might get.
Jennifer's husband is committing adultery. Maryanne's boss treats her like dirt. After an accidental meeting, the women decide to kill each other's men.
Father Daniel Tyrone was, in his past, a gang member. He is accused of the murder of a stripper. To prove his innocence, he has to go back to his old life and also explore the underworld of the pornographic industry.
A motorist picks up two convicts who have just escaped from prison. He recognises the men from descriptions given of them on the radio. He hires them to murder his wife.
Susan, an American teacher is on a tour holiday in Saint Petersburg. She gets romantically involved with Grant, a fellow countryman. As she tries to smuggle a medallion out of Russia, she is soon the witness of various murders.
Filmmakers Travis, William, Liz, Davie, and Jim are filming a documentary on illegal Mexican immigrants. After interviewing several of Davie's family members and harassing an employer of illegal immigrants named Whitaker, the group accompanies a large group of immigrants including Davie's cousin Alberto and his wife and child, across the Mexico–United States border. Once in the United States, the truck carrying the immigrants is stopped and taken by what seems to be the United States Border Patrol.
Set in the late 1960s, the story revolves around three main characters: Edward, a banker, and two of his children: Megan and Tom. Megan Cartwright is 21 and has never left her family but then moves to London and discovers her full potential. Meanwhile, her older brother, Tom, struggles to process the suicide of his close friend.
A police chief's daughter, in home security sales, contacts an art gallery possessor. They love art and despise their clients' motives for gathering artworks. They think of a plot to steal overlooked but valuable artworks from her affluent clients' homes.
Steve Daggett (Cameron Mitchell) fights to protect Fidel Castro from dangerous pro-Batista counterrevolutionaries. Steve comes to Cuba to find his friend Hank Miller (Logan Field) who has been missing for a while. It turns out that he has been captured by Fernando (Eduardo Noriega), the leader of the pro-Batista forces, who needs Hank to convert their airplanes into bombers.