Denis Leary plays an unfortunate cat burglar, who is abandonded by his partner in the middle of a heist, and is forced to take an irritating Connecticut couple (Kevin Spacey, Judy Davis) hostage. He soon finds that he took more than he bargained for when the couple's blackmailing son and despicable in-laws step into the picture. Before long they're driving him nuts with their petty bickering and family problems. The only way for him to survive is to be their referee and resolve their differences, before he can be nabbed by the police.

A young actor arrives in Hollywood in 1969 during a transitional time in the Industry.

The lives of three people take a turn when one of them commits a crime: Joaquin is failing miserably at providing for his family. When his loan-shark Magda gets murdered, the crime is pinned on him. Misery and solitude transform him in prison. Left to fend for the family after a serious leg injury, his wife Eliza pours all of her strength to battling with despair and eking out a living for their two children. The real perpetrator, Fabian, a hothead student who holds forth on the subject of atheism and anarchism to his long-suffering friends roams free. His disillusionment with his country-its history of revolutions marred by betrayal and crimes unpunished-drives him to the edge of sanity.

Stanley Waltz (Jackie Gleason) is seeking forgiveness in Lourdes, France, after a good deed had backfired at him, regarding a poem "How do I love thee?".

Kazuo is down on his luck. He has had to work two jobs, pay his missing younger brother's debts and contend with a departed wife and child. His luck seems to turn around when he wins the lottery and is an instant millionaire. He is wise to how many lottery winners and millionaires turn out unhappy and seeks the counsel of his rich friend Tsukumo. This leads to his money and friend disappearing.

David Greene is brought into a prestigious 1950s school to help their football team to beat the school's old rivals. David, however, is from a working class background, so he isn't really "one of them", but he's very successful at making friends. David is a Jew, and has to keep this a secret from his friends for fear of being rejected.