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A man returns to New Hampshire after years of hiding from his past to handle his dead father's affairs. When he encounters an old friend-turned-enemy and a local girl goes missing, the past he tried to run away from comes to light in a heart-racing turn of events.

After spending his adult life under the shadow of his father, a former NSA whistleblower, a man comes to terms with his complicated family history and what he wants for his own future.

After a chance encounter with a mysterious teenage girl, a lonely woman gets pulled into the girl's sinister family drama.

A thirty-year-old deputy in rural Ohio finds the body of a drug dealer hidden off the side of the road. He finds a way to frame his criminal father and brother for the crime—unable as he is to arrest them for the plethora of other crimes they have committed—all without leaving any trace of his involvement.

After years of running with dangerous crowds, a man gets his life together — but one night, driving home to his wife with his infant son in the backseat, the man encounters someone from his past to whom he owes money.

A young boy grows up believing that he is a detective in an imaginary city, and he quickly grows suspicious of his new neighbor. As he grows older, he ruminates on his imaginary city.

A man's lonely life focused on the pursuit of reason and music leaves him questioning what more there may be in the lives of other people and of religion.

Two young boys are alone at their father's farm for the week, when one of them discovers what he believes to be a dead body in the forest near their land.

A man begins searching for another world after being told of a place he had never heard of from a friend. What he finds reveals a secret world that exists in the present-day society.

A high school boy makes a habit of stealing cars, picking up girls, and skipping school. When he begins to worry that he is getting into too much trouble, the boy must decide whether to seek help or continue his criminal lifestyle.