A group of rivers in human form run from the human empire that would enslave them to power their cities, seeking the ocean in hopes that its endless waters will help them destroy their enemies.

After crossing a deadly river, three men—a brutish warrior, a dubious prince, and an amnesiac elderly man—band together to survive, but are soon torn apart by murder, memories, and the allure of life on the other side of the river.

Some time in the near future, people begin mysteriously disappearing near a dangerously polluted river in Detroit. As these instances continue to occur, a local middle-aged woman begins to question whether the water itself may be to blame.

In the distant future, when the ocean has risen up to consume nearly all of humanity, a surviving woman watches her descendants grow less and less human and morph into alien-like creatures. She recounts her memories of the flood as she ascends a mountain to see her children, who have been left there to adapt into their new bodies.

A group of friends experienced in river navigation brave an infamously dangerous set of rapids, though some of them are more thrill-seeking than others.

A young boy struggles to prevent his grief-stricken best friend from spiraling into self-destruction and swimming across a dangerous river.

In a reimagined version of a tale from the Indian epic Mahabharata, the son of the river-goddess grows into manhood and is reunited with his father.

After the seas rise, food becomes scarce, prehistoric creatures return from extinction, and people evolve in horrifying ways. One girl is in love with a human man, but she worries what will come of him if they are together, secretly knowing her mutations may one day consume her and put him in danger.

Ben learns that one of his followers was hurt while cleaning up pollution in the River. Unfortunately, the boy is contaminated by some waste and Ben needs the help of the lovely Ife and her water-healing abilities to help him.

An immortal woman who can turn herself into water at will mourns the loss of her latest lover, while drugged-out humans perform sacrifices on beloved memories and each other on the beach below her.