沉湎于毒品的单身母亲阿什利·史密斯（凯特·玛拉 Kate Mara 饰）在自己家中，被忽然闯入的黑人男子布莱恩·尼科尔斯(大卫·奥伊罗 David Oyelowo 饰）劫为人质，布莱恩是一名越狱的逃犯，警方还认为他杀害了审查他案件的法官。然而，这段劫持与被劫持的经历最终让他们拯救了彼此的人生。 本片改编自《意外的天使》，由阿什利·史密斯根据亲身经历所著。
一望无际的戈壁荒原，驾车前来拉驼毯的胡仨禁不住心中的欲火，猛地抱住了柳红儿。土匪装扮成驼夫又来攻土城。大门被炸开，胡仨领人用炸死的骆驼作掩体拼死反抗，硝烟中露出一张张绝望的脸。这时，从土匪手中逃跑的马安找来牧民带着驼群赶来，又一次救了土城的人。一天夜晚，胡仨残忍地勒死了胡守义。胡仨疯狂地带人枪杀驼夫，土城内满目疮痍，四处硝烟和死尸。柳红儿一步步走上城墙，用火枪朝着胡仨开了枪。城外，远处尘土飞扬，一队整齐的骑兵出现在地平线上……
清同治九年，天津发生了洋人被杀、教堂被焚、要犯被救的案件。洋人兴师问罪，朝廷恐惧，派钦差去津门查办。经再三周旋与洋人商定，10月19日那天必须处死16名人犯，但凶手没有着落。钦差与天津道台合谋用400两纹银收买情愿顶罪受死之人。守备张大辫子将这差事和200两纹银交给了外甥金螃蟹，金螃蟹又以100两纹银将此差交给了天津卫有名的混混二狠子。此计果然奏效，这中间有邋遢张用卖身钱葬了父亲，落了个孝子的美名；有烧望海楼扇面而被定死罪的赛道子老先生；有用身家性命换取一张更改出身文书的强举人；有梦想得道升天的李八疯子；最后，金螃蟹连二狠子也没放过，把他也送入死牢。一天，狱卒给二狠子带来的一个木匣里的一张纸条，说出了他们受骗的真相，大伙听后气愤之极。何道台为安抚这帮爷们，亲临大牢，凭那三寸不烂之舌开导着他们。金螃蟹遭到妓院艳秋的暗算被送到大堂。由于赛道子的突然死去，15名犯人一口咬定金螃蟹是杀洋人、烧教堂的主犯，金螃蟹有口难辩。10月19日到了，16名人犯身着戏装，谈笑自若，面无惧色，在清兵的押解下缓缓走来。百姓不明真相，齐声喊好助威，纷纷敬酒壮行。16个老少爷们受宠若惊，个个趾高扬，昂首阔步，脚镣声声，好不悲壮。在一片喧嚣声中向法场走去。
Sabina, a divorced mother of two small children, falls in love with an old friend from the Bosnian war. The two plan to marry, but things go terribly wrong. Sabina K. is inspired by a true story set in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The "Sabina" of the title plans to marry Sasa (with whom she served during the Bosnian War), but there is a problem. Sabina is Muslim and Sasa a Catholic, and their respective families disapprove of the marriage. Their only ally is an older woman, Ankica, whose son - killed in the war - had been their close friend. "Aunt" Ankica thinks of Sabina and Sasa as her own children and invites them to her home on the island of Korcula to get married. Springtime comes and Sabina travels to Korcula where she is reunited with Ankica and where the two women wait for Sasa to join them from Zagreb. The days pass... Sasa never arrives... and with a heavy and troubled heart, Sabina returns to Sarajevo. She discovers that Sasa has taken all his things from her apartment and moved out. There is no note; no explanation. Sabina goes to Sasa's mother for answers, but the deeply embittered woman treats her harshly and calls the police.
