Alex Rogan is an ordinary teenager who lives in a trailer park with his parents, tries to get into a prestigious college and spends his evenings at a slot machine "The Last Starfighter" that happened to be in their settlement. On another dreary day, after another refusal to get money for his studies from another bank and another fight with his girlfriend, Alex manages to score a record number of points. As a result, with the help of an alien recruiter named Centauri, he finds himself in the thick of a galactic war between Rylos and the Ko-Dan Armada.

The boy John and his little sister Pearl are "lucky" to see their father being taken away by the police for robbing and killing two people. The father is sentenced to death and hanged, the children inherit the stolen money, which the father hid, taking John and Pearl's word that they will not tell anyone about the stash, not even his mother. In prison, he meets preacher Harry Powell, and in reality - a ruthless killer, obsessed with religion, with the words "love" and "hate" tattooed on his fingers. Powell decides to get to the stash and to do so marries a gullible widow.

Two gypsy barons, who made their fortunes on dark deeds, nevertheless managed to maintain mutual respect and sincere friendship, even though they had not seen each other for 25 years. And now, having passed their ninth decade, they are forced to spill the gruel that their numerous descendants have made.

Chunhua, a teenage girl from a poor family who has run away from a marriage that does not bode well, is fortunate not only to find refuge in a traveling troupe of traditional Yueh opera, but also to eventually become a talented artist. Her best friend and named sister, Yuehun, performs in the same troupe in male roles. They grow up before our eyes, choosing their path and destiny, during China's difficult period of wars, revolutions and social upheaval from 1935 to 1950.

After the shootout that sent Yang and Inspector Bee to the grave, Lau is in a state of turmoil. An internal police investigation confirms his story, but Lau is uneasy - accidentally learning that Sam's informants may still be in the department, he decides to track down every last one of them. One of the most likely suspects is the ambitious Inspector Yoon.

After the murder of the head of the triad, his son Hou, previously uninterested in his father's affairs, suddenly announces his intention to take his place. The police are unprepared for this turn of events, having found a formidable and elusive adversary in the person of the new mobster.

Now all hopes are pinned on a young policeman who, risking his life, infiltrates the gang and tries to gain the trust of the new boss. But the clan is not slumbering either and introduces its informant Min into the police.

The story of two people who risk their lives every second. One of them is a mafia agent in the police force, the other is an undercover cop. Each is eager to expose the enemy.

Louise has to go to the same fast-food restaurant every morning - she works there as a waitress. She has a boyfriend, a musician, who often forgets about her lover while touring roadside eateries. After marrying Darryl, the energetic and formerly cheerful Thelma discovers that a woman's place is in the kitchen with pots and pans, and a man's place is in the chair in front of the TV.

Of course, this life does not suit the women, and one day the cup of their patience overflows. They decide to get away from the "exhausting" town and from their hated men. Unfortunately, on the way they have to commit a number of crimes, including murder. They are wanted all over America, and the girlfriends have only one thing to do - by any means to get to Mexico.

A detective investigates the death of a man who fell off a cliff. The widow of the deceased cooperates with the investigation, but the further the case progresses, the more the detective suspects her and the more he falls in love with her.

Eerie legends surround the ominous mansion known as the House on the Hill. This gloomy and majestic structure, once owned by the richest textile magnate Hugh Crane, has stood empty for more than a century and is considered a cursed place. But it is it that sleep study specialist Dr. Murrow chooses for his experiments. A group of four insomniacs will have to spend several days and nights in the eerie house.