Palattuaan traumaattiselta Afganistanin keikalta entinen erikoisjoukkojen sotilas Joey (Jason Statham) palaa takaisin Lontooseen löytääkseen itsensä keskeltä uutta sotaa: elämää kaduilla kodittomana sotaveteraanina. Hän yrittää kuntouttaa itseään ja ottaa itselleen toisen miehen henkilöllisyyden ja saa apua Cristina-nimiseltä nunnalta, joka työskentelee keskikaupungilla sijaitsevassa seurakunnassa. Joeyn kokemus erikoisjoukkojen sotilaana tekee hänestä halutun resurssin ja hän on pian keskellä Lontoon synkkää alamaailmaa. Yrittäessään pitää itseään kasassa Joey tarjoaa palveluksiaan niille, jotka niitä tarvitsevat. Mutta kun hän saa tietää, että hänen kadonnut tyttöystävänsä on brutaalisti murhattu niin hän aloittaa säälimättömän ajojahdin joka voi koitua myös hänen itsensä kohtaloksi.
Vaimonsa ja nuoren tyttärensä murhan jälkeen sulavasanainen juristi Frank Mansfield päättää vannoa hiljaisuuden valan kunnes tappaja on saatu oikeuden eteen. Tutkiessaan rikospaikkaa Frank löytää kodittoman miehen leirin ja alkaa etsiä miestä, joka on saattanut todistaa perheensä murhan. Frank kulkee helvetin läpi etsiessään koditonta ja melkein kuoleekin, kun hän tapaa ystävällisen sielun, Alman. Alma hoitaa Frankin takaisin elävien kirjoihin ja auttaa etsimään koditonta miestä, jonka nyt tiedetään olevan herra Shivers. Kun Frank vihdoin löytää herra Shiversin, tämä paljastaa, että perheen tappoi poliisi. Nyt Frank voi aloittaa varsinaisen kostonsa - mutta päättääkö kosto hiljaisuuden valan?
Ryhmä kodittomia miehiä harjoittelee kansainvälistä turnausta varten. Yrmystä valmentajasta välittämättä he puurtavat sinnikkäästi päästäkseen tavoitteeseensa.
For all his life, wealthy businessman Wesley Deeds has done what's expected of him and has settled into a predictable routine. His scripted life begins to change, however, when he meets Lindsey Wakefield, a struggling single mother who works as a night janitor for his corporation and has just been evicted. He offers to help Lindsey get back on her feet and, though he's already engaged, romantic sparks begin to fly. Suddenly, he finds himself torn between what is expected of him and what he really wants.
When a man is offered a million dollars to play a game in which hunters try to kill him, he thinks he has found the perfect loophole: they can only attack when he’s alone. His only problem is that none of his friends or family believe the game is real.
Nick Flynn on nuori kirjailijanalku, joka etsii paikkaansa maailmassa. Hän ei ole nähnyt kahdeksaantoista vuoteen isäänsä, omia polkujaan kulkevaa ja itseään maailmaluokan kirjailijana pitävää Jonathania. Nick hankkiutuu töihin kodittomien yömajaan ja alkaa löytää sisältöä elämäänsä. Eräänä päivänä yömajalle ilmestyy Jonathan ja Nick joutuu pohtimaan, miten suhtautua omalaatuiseen isäänsä, joka ei ole vuosiin ollut läsnä hänen elämässään.
Desperate to be rid of her toddler, a dissatisfied Beverly Hills housewife hires a stranger to babysit and ends up getting much more than she bargained for.
A rich businessman makes a bet he can survive on the streets of a rough Los Angeles neighborhood for 30 days completely penniless. During his stay he discovers another side of life and falls in love with a homeless woman.
In a series of three vignettes, three women in turn struggle to free themselves from the men who restrict their personal freedom.
A group of hobos begin melting into multicolored piles of goo after drinking sixty-year-old liquor. At the same time, the psychotic Vietnam War vet who rules the hobo camp snaps and begins killing at random. Two brothers set out to stop the liquor and the killer.
A series of events unfold like a chain reaction, all stemming from a minor event that brings the film's five characters together. Set in Paris, France, Anne is an actress whose boyfriend Georges photographs the war in Kosovo. Georges' brother, Jean, is looking for the entry code to Georges' apartment. These characters' lives interconnect with a Romanian immigrant and a deaf teacher.
It's the day before Christmas, the day before John's 21st birthday. He's a prostitute on Santa Monica Blvd in L.A., and he wants to spend that night and the next day at the posh Park Plaza Hotel. Meanwhile, Donner, a lad new to the streets, wants John to leave the city with him. John spends the day trying to figure out how to deal with Donner's friendship.
An artist slowly goes insane while struggling to pay his bills, work on his paintings, and care for his two female roommates, which leads him taking to the streets of New York after dark and randomly killing derelicts with a power drill.
Chloe recedes into herself due to her family's uncaring attitude towards her. When she meets Mr. Stink, a smelly man, she invites him to live in her garden shed.
Oona, a recent graduate in anthropology, has returned to her dead mother’s seaside cottage in southern England to prepare it for sale. Her arrival disturbs Mani, a wary vagrant who has been squatting on the property.
Miso lives from day to day by housekeeping. Cigarettes and whiskey are the two things that get her through the day. As cigarette prices and rent start to rise, Miso decides to give up her house for cigarettes and whiskey, leading her to couch surf with old friends while reconsidering her place in life.
Seven short films - each one focused on the plight of a different child protagonist.
Poignant stories of homelessness on the West Coast of the US frame this cinematic portrait of a surging humanitarian crisis.
A young woman lives a life filled with bad choices. At a young age she marries and has a child--with an abusive thief who quickly ends up in prison. Left alone, she takes up with the guy's mate, another thief, who seems to give her some happiness but who also ends up locked up. She then takes up with a series of seedy types who offer nothing but momentary pleasure--if that.
Inspired by a true story, “Beyond the Blackboard” is about a 24-year-old first-time teacher who makes a difference in the lives of the homeless children she teaches in a shelter’s makeshift classroom. Set in 1987 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this movie tells the story a brand-new teacher and Mom who is given a tougher than expected teaching job and winds up teaching homeless children in a school that is housed in a room and called, literally, The School with No Name. She has some personal prejudicial hurdles to cross before she is able to be a true teacher for these children and of course there are hurdles like the lack of books and supplies.