A man discovers a video store from a parallel universe, containing movies that were never made in his timeline. But as he grows closer to the rental shop’s clerk, he realizes that the window of time in which he has access to the store is getting shorter and shorter every night.

The characters found in jokes are forced to act out the jokes every time they are told.

A businessman covertly heads to the skating rink every day with a flailing routine, where he basks in the laughter of onlookers. Finally, he is forced to choose between his straitlaced family and his clownish — but authentic — alter ego.

Two brothers try to appease their older sister by screening a film with her favorite actor, but have trouble buying the right reel.

When a man watches an obscure French art film to kill time, he doesn't expect its characters to exactly resemble his life. Its gruesome ending leaves him shaken and determined to get his hands on a copy and watch it again.

A trio of small people invade a man’s home and work spaces for a week, bringing non-functional TV sets in with them.

The characters in violent commercials realize they can resist their dark fates, and they rise up against the consumer establishment.

A man plays bridge on his night off with a few distant friends. Their conversation inspires a tipsy, failed attempt to steal from a drugstore. In this 20th century jail, his excitement turns to anger and doom as he reflects on his crumbling marriage, kids, and childhood.

Saddened by the leaving of his wife, a man and his best friend place their bets on an upcoming boxing match.

A forcibly-retired T.V. star relocates to a rural mountain town with his photographer friend. When the photographer allows a single mother to sleep in the star’s Mercedes every night and eat his food, tension begins to build between the pair.