Iført sorte habitter og solbriller ligner brødrene Jake og Elwood Blues ikke Guds bedste børn. Men faktisk er brødrene ude i en hellig mission: at skaffe penge til det børnehjem, de er vokset op på. Til det formål går de i gang med at samle deres gamle soulband. Undervejs lægger de sig ud med både country- & western-folk og lokale nazister i en fræsende jagt, der lægger næsten det ganske Chicago i ruiner. Fuld fart på til gyngende soul-musik fra bl.a. James Brown, Ray Charles og Aretha Franklin.

I det 19. århundredes Frankrig har den noble Jean Valjean skabt sig en succesfuld tilværelse med masser af indflydelse. Hvad ingen ved er, at Valjean kommer fra ludfattige kår og faktisk er en bortsluppen straffefange. Da den ihærdige politiinspektør Javert pludselig dukker op i Valjeans by, genkender han den tidligere indsatte, og snart sætter en årelang menneskejagt ind. Valjean undslipper i første omgang, men da han og adoptivdatteren Cosette mange år senere slår sig ned i Paris, forelsker hun sig i den unge revolutionær Marius, hvilket atter placerer Valjean i Javert's søgelys.

Elijah er lidt af en rod, og hans far kæmper med at holde styr på knægten. Det bliver ikke bedre, da hans storebror Jimmy bliver prøveløsladt, for Jimmy sidder i gæld til en lokal gangster, og snart er de to brødre begge rodet ind i noget snavs. Så falder Elijah over noget mystisk: Et meget kraftfuldt våben, der helt åbenlyst ikke er fra denne verden. Snart er brødrene på flugt fra både gangstere og mystiske agenter, der vil have fat i våbnet.

Gerald "Stone" Creeson er en hensynsløs kriminel som sidder inde for en alvorlig forbrydelse. Han indleder en række psykologiske spil mod sin tilsynsværge for at opnå prøveløsladelse, men efterhånden som han involverer sin kone i spillet, flyder motiverne sammen og det bliver svært at se, hvem der manipulerer hvem.

25-årige Grace arbejder med forsømte og udsatte unge på Døgninstitution 12. Hun er kæreste med Mason, som arbejder samme sted, men hun har svært ved at være åben over for ham - også da hun bliver gravid og ønsker en abort. Da den aggressive pige Jayden ankommer til refugiet, bliver Grace mindet om sin egen, traumatiserede baggrund, som hun har prøvet at fortrænge.

After serving five years in prison, wild child Tanya looks to her buttoned-up, by-the-book sister Danica to help her get back on her feet. The feisty ex-con becomes suspicious and concerned when Danica tells her that she's in a long-distance, online relationship with a mysterious man she's never seen. As the polar opposites start to collide, Tanya soon discovers that her sibling's picture-perfect life may not be what it seems.

Walter Dishman, a married and melancholy parole officer, deals with three eccentric ex-convicts who have been placed under his supervision.

A deadly car accident brings together a group of previously unrelated people, each of whom is forced to deal with the emotional fallout.

Two con artists hire an unwitting medical-school student (Kate Beckinsale) as a secretary for their latest scam.

Ex Con Armstrong Cane (Ving Rhames) returns to home a changed man looking to take over his father's old church and congregation. The neighborhood though is full of drugs and gangs. Those who are able are leaving for more prosperous areas and falling in with a slick preacher (Ricardo Chivara). Even with a dangerous gang leader (Dean McDermott) threatening his flock, Armstrong won't give up.

Bill er løsladt fra fængslet på prøveløsladelse efter at have afsonet 8 år, for East Londons narkobaron Glen. Han vender tilbage for at finde hans sønner, 15-årige Dean og 11-årige Jimmy, der er blevet forladt af deres mor, som flyttede til Spanien med sin kæreste. Dean er droppet ud af high school og arbejder på en byggeplads for at leve, men ønsker ikke Bill i sit liv og sparker ham ud. Bill følges til den lokale pub af hans tidligere venner Dickie og Terry. De tilbyder ham et nyt job for Glen, men han afviser det på grund af hans prøveløsladelse. Den næste dag, Bill skal besøge hans kontaktpenson Kelly, der efter at hørt, at Dean og Jimmy bor for sig selv, sender socialeforsognen til lejligheden. Bill kommer hjem og Dean tvinger ham til at blive, og det sætter Bills planer om at flytte til Skotland på hold.

A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison.

Story of a tuna fisherman who has been wrongfully convicted of a murder he did not commit. His exemplary behavior in prison ensures that he is up for early parole. He realizes, however, that his movements will be limited, and he will be unable to join and wed his beloved. The only solution is to escape and hunt down the real killer, himself.

A young man gets in over his head when he convinces a small-town girl he's a secret agent.

Henry vender efter en provelosladelse for et knivdrab tilbage til en lille by i Texas og genforenes med hustruen Georgette og datteren Margaret Rose. Han forsorger familien ved forefaldende arbejde og drommer om at slå igennem som sanger om aftenen, mens hans dominerende plejemor, Miss Kate, stadig prover at tyrannisere ham til at opgive sine dromme.

Larry Nelson, paroled from prison after serving nearly half of his thirty-year sentence, is determined to not fall into the clutches of the law again, and takes a quiet job at a country sanitarium. Thete, he meets and falls for a nurse, Charlotte Maynard, and he knows the only way to enter her web is to have a lot of money, for Miss Maynard is somewhat of a gold-digger.

Janet Holman is suspicious of her fiancé, Allen Wells, after he kisses her best friend Gwen when the lights are turned out during a party. Allen leaves early, purportedly for business reasons, but in reality, he is going to visit his secret girl friend, seventeen-year-old Ruth Jarrett. When Ruth's neighbor and landlady, Mrs. Humphries, overhears her talking to Allen on the phone, she becomes morally outraged and calls the police. Ruth is taken away to juvenile hall, and when Ruth's older brother Nick comes home to celebrate Ruth's birthday, Mrs. Humphries explains that Ruth has been seeing an older, wealthy man who has been leading her astray, and that she sent her away for her own good. Nick is saddened that he has failed to keep Ruth on the right track, and when he returns to his apartment, he becomes enraged to see Allen there. When Allen claims ignorance of Ruth's age, Nick hits him, and they engage in a brawl.

Ten years after being molested in art school by habitual rapist Theodore Gray, who is serving 25 years but eligible for parole, Sarah Reynolds leads a happy life in a gallery and with her handsome husband, lawyer Michael Reynolds, and helps police detective Nick Sousa, who put Grat away, as sketch-artist. Then new cases following Gray's MO occur, and a victim who got away gives a description Sara hesitates to confide to paper: it fits Michael scarily. She turns it in, yet once he's behind bars searches in and is blackmailed to plead Gray's paroling or his crime cahoots will torture Michael to death.

An imprisoned gunfighter must scatter to elude the authorities. Outlaws Bob Ford (Robert Vaughn) and Vic Rodell (Stephen McNally) are nabbed, but the governor offers them amnesty in exchange for their help in bringing Jesse and his brother Frank (Douglas Kennedy) to justice. Peggie Castle and Barton MacLane also star in this tale of the Old West's most famous traitor.

A female photographer teams up with a policeman to try to bring down a corrupt police officer who framed her for drug possession and during her investigation, finds that not everything, or everyone, is what they appear to be.