根據真實故事改編，美國歷史上最不完善的銀行搶案。本該是10分鐘完成的銀行搶劫犯罪，卻變成了12小時的拉鋸戰。桑尼（Al Pacino 飾）算是美國歷史上最倒霉的銀行搶劫犯了。一個盛夏的下午，桑尼與同伴塞勒（John Cazale 飾）闖入紐約市布魯克林銀行，準備實施搶劫。怎奈銀行剛剛完成交易，金庫內根本沒有現錢。倒霉的桑尼與塞勒轉而劫持人質，與警方對峙提出要求。但4小時後，劫案現場被圍觀群眾和手忙腳亂的警察弄得像遊樂園一樣熱鬧。桑尼走出銀行對警察的質問居然贏得了群眾的喝彩。8小時後，銀行劫案登上了電視節目的實況轉播，大家彷彿拍電影一樣高興。而這時夜色降臨，人質亦出現了斯德哥爾摩症候群，究竟這場鬧劇將以什麼方式結束？

艾爾帕西諾扮演一名年輕而富有理想的警察，他從警校畢業後，一路從基曾巡警成為臥底探員，雖然他的破案率很高，卻因為不肯與其他同仁一樣收賄，而遭到排擠陷害，當檢察組決定開始進行內部調查，以整頓長年來的腐敗與貪污，他又出面作証，因而讓自己陷入更大的危險當中...。

A young woman is convicted on drug offenses and sent to a women's penitentiary run by a repressed and oppressive female warden. When the prison's sadistic doctor begins conducting illegal "therapeutic" experiments on the inmates, the ladies plot their revenge.

A man who trains fighting cocks vows to remain silent until one of his birds wins a championship.

Roller-derby skater K.C. Carr tries to balance her desire for a happy personal life and her dreams of stardom.

Khalil is an Arab diplomat who wants to not only make peace with Israel, but admit the Jewish state as a member of OPEC. This instantly makes him a target for a series of ingeniously conceived assassination attempts, most of which he foils with the aid of his friend Hamid and his girlfriend Nicole. But can he trust even them?