Piiat on elokuva suvaitsevaisuudesta ja rohkeudesta 1960-luvun Mississipissä, missä valkoinen keskiluokka ja näiden kodeista ja lapsista huolehtiva musta palvelusväki elävät rinta rinnan kuitenkaan toisiaan kohtaamatta. Nuori Skeeter palaa opintojen jälkeen kotikaupunkiinsa ja alkaa kirjoittaa kirjaa palvelusväen oloista ja näkemyksistä. Monet eivät katso hanketta hyvällä, ja se johtaakin kaiken mullistavaan muutokseen.

Former buffalo hunter and entrepreneur Wyatt Earp arrives in the lawless cattle town of Wichita Kansas. His skill as a gun-fighter makes him a perfect candidate for Marshal, but he refuses the job until he feels morally obligated to bring law and order to this wild town.

On the night bus the atmosphere is stubborn and legitimate. A stupid teenage girl is kept upright by an even boy. A man feels forced to intervene and prevent something that could happen. Unpleasantly realistic and threatening where civil courage is treated in a single long run.

Armed with a harpoon, a Swedish whaler is out for revenge after the death of his father. A greedy oil man trying to buy up the Swede's land might be the guilty party.

A board game becomes all too real for buddies Motu and Patlu when they get transported into its world of monsters, magic and mayhem.