Billy is a teenage outcast in search of his life's true meaning. Day by day, he slaves away at the local burger joint, only to return home to a paraplegic father, whose own dreams of happiness have faded away in an alcoholic haze. Nonetheless, Billy tries to bond with his delusional father, but cannot break through the many layers of pain and regret that surround him. Frustrated, Billy longs to escape the dead-end existence that has engulfed his father, and now appears to be closing in on him as well.
In quest of a wholesome place to live: at first the Webbers laugh at their neighbors when they leave L.A. for the mountains of Oregon. But when they recognize the same symptoms in their family that made the neighbors leave, they follow them. However their new domicile is a bit more apart from the civilization than expected. Even then it's not a paradise: their neighbors are weird, the next shop is miles away and their house lacks even the most basic comfort. How long will it take until they're packin' it in again?
Harold Krebs went off to fight in World War I, "the war to end all wars." But when he comes home, Harold finds that he doesn't fit in any more. He needs peace and quiet to figure out what has happened to him and who he has become, but his mother pressures him to rejoin society.
When Sangchan and Rawee meet and fall in love the day before he leaves to study abroad, he promises to return on October 8th of every year to see her. As the years pass and new relationships arise, Sangchan's faith in their love is tested.
"How do you start over once you have betrayed a nation's trust?" The news of Hansie Cronjé's involvement with Indian bookmakers and his resulting public confession rocked the international sporting community. An unprecedented rise to glory was followed by the most horrific fall. A tarnished hero fueled the nation's fury.
Clarice and Chase Scott have the perfect suburban life on the outside. However, their marriage that was built on passion, has become a battlefield of deceit, infidelity, and betrayal. Clarice finds solace in the arms of another man, while Chase's greed seems to unravel everything they've built. Will their marriage survive?
The conflict between the Rabbi father and the son who disappoints him by seeking a secular career instead of a religious touches a Jewish cord, although it has a universal aspect.
A teenager is caught between her attraction to a boy and the sinister presence that resides in her attic; a confused townie roams the countryside, convinced that the locals are out to get her; and in a world where everyone has a double, one woman seeks to be her own person. A twisted collection of tales that dig into the human psyche to expose the violent urges and hidden fears that lurk within.
A retired boxer hits rock bottom after a string of DUI's, bar fights, and his family leaves him. Vowing to turn his life around, he leans on his mentor, a charismatic gym owner, a compassionate pastor, and a no-nonsense lawyer. Determined to stop drinking and win his family back, he learns the importance of resilience, stamina and that family, faith, and friends are always worth fighting for.
When runaway bride, Emma seeks refuge in the only town she's ever called home, she unexpectedly falls for her former high school crush, Mitch — who's hiding his own heartbreak
Loss, betrayal and revenge are what fuel ex mafia enforcer Matthew Quinn. Approaching the end of a 20 year sentence on a Martian penal colony he finds himself at a crossroads. Returning to Earth to settle the score means losing the love of his life… a second time.
An American girl in Thailand has a secret romance at a hidden waterfall with a local fisherman boy. Her father rips her away from the boy, but 10 years later, she returns to Thailand in search of a person and a place she once lost as a kid.
Two months into her second pregnancy, a young mother receives a stage 4 inflammatory breast cancer diagnosis. She must choose between saving her child's life or undergoing intense chemotherapy and radiation treatment.