A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.

　　莱斯特（马丁·弗瑞曼 Martin Freeman 饰）只是一介小小的保险销售员，在家里，他饱受强势妻子的压迫和轻视，在外面，曾经的高中同学亦能当街给他下马威，对于所经历的一切，个性懦弱温顺的莱斯特选择了忍气吞声。一次偶然中，莱斯特在医院里结识了名为马尔沃（比利·鲍伯·松顿 Billy Bob Thornton 饰）的男子，让莱斯特没有想到的是，这名神秘男子竟然是一位冷酷残暴的职业杀手。
　　在长久的压抑之下，莱斯特终于爆发将妻子杀死，惊慌失措的他打电话给马尔沃向他求助，没想到等来的却是小镇警长，随后赶来的马尔沃杀死了警长之后逃之夭夭，情急之下，莱斯特将妻子的死也归结到了马尔沃的头上。女警莫利（艾莉森·托尔曼 Allison Tolman 饰）并不相信莱斯特所言，而是将莱斯特家发生的血案与近日里镇上的一连串死亡事件串联到了一起。

Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a snap and nobody's going to get hurt... until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing - and extremely pregnant - investigator who'll stop at nothing to get her man. And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom... you betcha!

A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.

The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.

When a disc containing memoirs of a former CIA analyst falls into the hands of gym employees, Linda and Chad, they see a chance to make enough money for Linda to have life-changing cosmetic surgery. Predictably, events whirl out of control for the duo, and those in their orbit.

Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.