After Susan is tragically widowed, she can no longer care for Nikki, her delinquent daughter. Nikki is sent to live with her brother Billy, and the two begin forging a healthy bond until her mental troubles persist.

A teenage girl living in a house run by men dreams what life would be like if she lived in a more conventional family.

Hooked on steroids and unable to control his bursts of sudden rage, a police officer keeps his wife under his thumb and routinely abuses her behind the closed doors of their house.

An embittered old mariner and an unwanted young orphan form an unlikely bond building a boat.