In 1976, four hijackers take over an Air France airplane en route from Tel Aviv to Paris and force it to land in Entebbe, Uganda. With 248 passengers on board, one of the most daring rescue missions ever is set in motion.

Coerced into suicide over usury, Liu Xiaomei’s friend Yan Ming avenges her by illegally kidnapping a loan shark manager’s daughter and a police captain’s daughter; the captain infiltrates the gang, rescues the hostages, and brings the criminals to justice.

On Christmas Eve, suffering from a case of writer's block, screenwriter Mark Christopher and his gofer Virgil get an unexpected visit from Sergeant Maizel. Knowing Christopher is working on a juvenile delinquent script, the sergeant brings by delinquent Susan thinking she will inspire Christopher while providing a place for her to spend the holidays outside of juvenile hall.

After being laid off and humiliated by a ruthless job market, a veteran paper mill manager descends into violence in a desperate bid to reclaim his dignity.

Bruno loved his job as a middle manager at a paper company, but optimistically views being laid off as an opportunity. After two years of searching for a comparable position, optimism turns to desperation. His wife works two jobs, and their marriage slowly deteriorates as their hold on the middle class slips away. Bruno concocts a grimly audacious plan to identify and kill his fellow job applicants so that he is the only qualified person left.

The Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.

Matt is a screenwriter whose career is not going especially well and whose personal life is dwindling into nothingness. Matt starts talking with his friends about suicide, and nearly all of them become deeply concerned, convinced his depression has taken him over the edge. Matt insists to all around him that his questions about killing himself are merely part of his research for a script about a man who has turned suicidal. But his ex-girlfriend Amanda is the only one that seems to believe it.

Based on a true operation by Israeli commandos. An Air France flight is hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The airplane landed in Uganda. The terrorists released some passengers, keeping 94 Jews and 12 air crew hostage. The Israeli government would not negotiate. A rescue plan was devised, and less than 100 commandos were flown across Africa to rescue the passengers in surprisingly successful operation.

Henrietta Robbins borrows money from a loan shark to finance her husband's investment in the stock market. However, when their stock plummets, she scrambles to find a way to pay the money back.

A romantic comedy about an obscure screenwriter nearing her thirties and a frustrated musician who accidentally end up in a situation where they have to live together.

Shoji, who moved to Tokyo from Tohoku, meets Daisuke by chance and hits it off. Hoping to make quick money, the two join forces with the yakuza and start a loan shark business, lending money at exorbitant interest rates. Shoji is strong-willed and ruthlessly collects from debtors, while Daisuke is timid and unable to be completely ruthless. Despite their polar opposite personalities, the two get along surprisingly well, and their loan shark business is going smoothly. One day, Shoji is approached by Narimatsu, the boss of a gang, who is like a leader to him, to join the yakuza. Meanwhile, Daisuke discovers that his girlfriend Maika is in debt. With the money from Narimatsu's gang, Daisuke and Maika disappear.

Having both lost their jobs, two strangers become unlikely friends after a run in with a would be robber, who is actually a hitman with a grudge against the two.