Medarbejdere på en Bennigans-lignende restaurant (kaldet kreativt nok Shenanigan's) dræber tid, før deres virkelige liv kommer i gang. Men mens de venter, bliver de nødt til at beskæftige sig med kræsen, der vil have deres bøf kogt på bestilling og entusiastiske ledere, der ønsker at opbygge det perfekte ventepersonale. Heldigvis har disse medarbejdere effektiv hævntaktik.
USA, 1976. Norma og Arthur stilles overfor et moralsk dilemma, da en mystisk kasse dukker op foran deres hoveddør. Reglerne er enkle - åbner de kassen og trykker på knappen i den, bliver de meget velhavende. Konsekvensen er, at det indebærer døden før et tilfældig menneske et andet sted i verden. Parret har 24 timer til at tage deres livs sværeste beslutning...
Mens hun er ved at søge skilsmisse, møder en stripper, Roslyn, en aldrende cowboy, Gay, og den tidligere krigspilot Guido. De to mænd falder øjeblikkeligt for hende, og sammen flytter de alle ind i et hus i ørkenen. Da rodeo-rytteren Perce kommer ind i billedet går mændene ind i et tvivlsomt partnerskab.
A teenage skateboarder becomes suspected of being connected with a security guard who suffered a brutal death in a skate park called "Paranoid Park".
Five individuals from five nations, including the USA, USSR, and China, suddenly find themselves on an alien saucer, where an alien gives each a container holding three capsules. The alien explains that no power on earth can open a given container except a mental command from the person to whom it is given, then anyone may take a capsule and, by speaking a latitude and longitude at it, cause instant death to all within a given radius: thus each of the five has been provided with the power of life and death. Then, they are given 27 days to decide whether to use the capsules, and returned to the places from which each one came...
Szabolcs plays in a German football team, as does Bernard. They are roommates, best friends, inseparable. A lost match makes him reconsider his life and he goes back to Hungary in hope for more simplicity. Yet his solitude does not last long. Soon after his arrival he meets Áron and a mutual attraction between the two boys develops when suddenly Szabolcs receives an unexpected phone call from Bernard: he has arrived to Hungary...
Rusty has been bailed out of bad situations more than once by his understanding but distraught mother, Mary. When Mary starts dating a psychologist, Bob, Rusty connects with the man and begins talking to him about his problems. As Rusty benefits from the therapy sessions, his best friend, Dallas, still very involved in illegal and dangerous activities, takes issue with Rusty going straight and cleaning up his life.
The crew of a bankrupt Scottish trawler turn to smuggling illegal immigrants over the stormy waters of the North Sea.
It's the ranchers whose cattle are dying of thirst versus Henry Dodge whose dam holds all the water. When windmills are built and they start pumping water, Dodge has them blown up. When a court order forces him to release the water, he decides to blow up the dam and flood the valley.
A subtle tale of a confrontation between two lonely people, one from which true understanding cannot seemingly result.
Mildred must choose between authenticity and safety when the only world she knows is the inside of a Library.
Jethro is a young man happily speeding through his youth, but when his reality starts to literally fall apart around him, he has to make a hard decision that'll affect the time he has left.
A couple wakes up in the back of a speeding truck, and are forced to piece together the night that got them there...
When a dinner party descends into a vicious sibling argument between Tom and Emily, their partners Jade and Norman can't wait to escape, but clumsy revelations quickly expose that the one thing they have in common is a truly awkward secret.
As a poisonous dust cloud is heading towards their house, a mother and father will have to choose between sacrificing one of their three children or taking the risk of losing them all.
Benin has left Adelaide for a new life in Sydney, but he will soon realize that there is only so much charm to a fresh start. The struggles of adulthood seem to escalate around him - a recent breakup, followed by a series of other failures, has cornered him into a dark state of mind. With some help from his friends, he'll have to strive for the obvious personal development needed in order to keep moving forward.
Memories, mistakes and regrets of what could have been?