İki polis memurunu öldürmekten 15 yıl hapis cezasına çarptırılan Ruth Slater (Sandra Bullock), cezasını çektikten sonra yeni bir hayat kurmaya çalışıyor. Ancak cezaevinden çıkar çıkmaz öldürülen iki polis memurunun yakınları onu tehdit etmeye ve hayatını cehenneme çevirmeye başlar. Aksi takdirde artık eski evlerinde hoş karşılanmazlar. Bir çıkış yolu tıkanmış görünüyor, ancak nefret saldırıları artmaya devam ediyor. Şimdi, Ruth'un topluma geri dönüş yolu arayışında tek bir çıkış yolu vardır: yıllar önce gözden kaybettiği küçük kız kardeşini aramak, son çaresi olmalıdır. Ancak, kayıp aile bireyini arama, uzun yıllar hapis yattıktan sonra beklenenden daha zor hale gelir.
Shy sixteen-year-old Stacy Collins can't believe that the most popular guy in school, an attractive athlete named Bobby Tennison, is interested in her. At first she is flattered by his constant attention, but then he becomes possessive and jealous-telling her who she can speak to and what she can wear. Threats escalate into violence when Bobby thinks Stacy has stepped out of line. Soon she is walking on egg shells and living in fear. Having seen the tell-tale bruises, Stacy's best friend convinces her to break things off with Bobby-but in a moment of weakness, Stacy goes to meet him. It will be the last time she is seen alive.
Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately leads to the murder of an innocent man.
At a desert diner, the lives of five strangers become linked through a single twenty-dollar bill. Shot for $20,000 and starring Philip Baker Hall, the short premiered at Sundance and later inspired Anderson’s debut feature Hard Eight (1996).
Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now employed as a security guard.