谋杀组警官鲍勃（Joe Mantegna 饰）与搭档沙利文接下了联邦调查局粗野办案的烂摊子，受命搜捕黑人嫌犯西姆斯。在两人驱车调查的路上偶遇一对新人警员被杂货店命案困住，鲍勃施以援助，却反被当地警长指派负责此案，鲍勃不得不违背命令开始在两件凶案中穿梭奔忙。
　　遇害的杂货店主是一名犹太老妇，她的儿子与孙女被不明身份的枪手骚扰，鲍勃在现场提取到新纳粹分子活动的痕迹……这座城市中的每个人似乎都对身份敏感，鲍勃的工作不断被黑人、犹太人的抱怨与传说阻扰，随着他对犹太老妇一案的调查不断深入，鲍勃渐渐进入了昔日犹太复国主义组织的世界，也唤醒了他对自己犹太身份的认同，但他得到的，是无法预料的混乱结局。

　　故事发生于十九世纪的瑞士，大名鼎鼎的诗人拜伦（加布里埃尔·伯恩 Gabriel Byrne 饰）隐居在位于瑞士乡间的一座古堡中，在这里过着放荡不羁自由自在的生活。一天，他的好友雪莱（朱利安·山德斯 Julian Sands 饰）登门拜访，同时和他一起来的，还有雪莱年仅19岁的年轻情妇玛丽（娜塔莎·理查德森 Natasha Richardson 饰）、玛丽同父异母的妹妹克莱尔（米丽亚姆·西尔 Myriam Cyr 饰）以及拜伦的私人医生约翰（蒂莫西·斯波 Timothy Spall 饰）。
　　当晚，古堡外狂风大作，暴雨袭来，这样一种阴森可怖的场面，让一屋子的人决定围在一起讲恐怖故事，但渐渐的，那些故事里的妖魔鬼怪，似乎打破了虚构与现实的壁垒，现身于古堡之中。

 A murder mystery surfaces in the midst of a heated mayoral election in a quaint New England town.

　　Upon their mother’s death, siblings Jenny and Marshall return to renovate her crumbling motel, The Jolly Monkey. But as they work, a deadly force tied to their family’s dark past emerges, forcing them to face terrifying truths if they want to survive.

　　A young couple gets kidnapped and treated like farm animals after stopping at a roadside diner to eat meat.

　　二次世界大战的冷战期间，古巴危机将美苏两大强国剑拔弩张，而发生在1968年5月的一起事件则无疑将危机推向一触即发的境地。刚刚结束漫长航行并原本准备退休的海军舰长迪米（艾德·哈里斯 Ed Harris 饰），被上司命令即刻做最后一次巡航，而他所需要驾驶的则是即将在退役后卖给中国的弹道导弹潜艇B-67。在航行期间，来自克格勃的布鲁尼（大卫·杜楚尼 David Duchovny 饰）也一同随行，并在潜艇上测试一种全新的设备。
　　迪米原以为这只是退休前的纪念之旅，却不知道布鲁尼及其神秘的“幻影计划”将潜艇官兵乃至全世界的命运系于一线。当他发现个中蹊跷之时，似乎为时已晚……

　　迈克尔来到其父亲的居所度假，却接二连三的遇上怪事，最后他才得知这都是父亲搞的鬼，目的是为了让他成为鸟人（不是天使……）

When Bosnian-born Aisha and cameraman Elias team up to shoot a documentary on the mysterious disappearance of Aisha's brother, they cross paths with another film crew, who are creating an even more sinister narrative.

　　A vicious alligator named Ramon, who was flushed into the city sewer as a baby, survives to become a 32-foot-long menace who devours animals and people alike. Ramon's so huge because of the steady diet of dead pets - treated with growth hormones - that he's fed on for 12 years. Now the tremendous brute is angry and looking for revenge. Only detective David Madison knows of Ramon's existence, and it is his task to prove to the rest of the city that a tropical beast lives in their midst. Veteran screenwriter Sayles' script finds the perfect blend of comedy and horror, making this an entertaining romp through the sewers of Chicago.

　　Carter (Thomas Jane), a troubled veteran who gets a chance at redemption by protecting a 12 year-old girl from an assassin after she witnesses a murder. Holding a shotgun with a single shell, he engages in physical and psychological warfare in a desperate fight for the girl's life.