Dr. King Schultz njemački je lovac na glave i bivši zubar koji kupuje Djanga kao svog roba kako bi mu ovaj pomogao identificirati ostale lovce na glave. Nakon što uspješno završe zadatak, Django biva oslobođen i regrutiran od strane Schultza kao poslovni partner. Django ubrzo od Schultza počinje učiti zanatske vještine pa zajedno odlaze u Mississippi kako bi oslobodili Djangovu ženu Broomhildu. Međutim, nakon što dogovor o kupnji njegove žene s nemilosrdnim vlasnikom plantaže Calvinom Candiejem propadne, Django će se naći uvučen u borbu za vlastiti život, život svoje žene, ali i mogućnošću za slatkom osvetom…
An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous accident. His wife is crucified by her desperation to make him desire her: but he resists the affections of his wife. His reunion with his father—who is dying of cancer—jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.
African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with Gillespie to track down the real killer. Their investigation takes them through every social level of the town, with Tibbs making enemies as well as unlikely friends as he hunts for the truth.