Al Bronx dels anys 60, un adolescent es debat entre el seu pare de classe treballadora i un cap del crim organitzat, violent, però carismàtic.

Monsenyor Desmond Spellacy (De Niro), un brillant prelat catòlic, té un talent per recaptar fons només comparable a la seva gran devoció. Quan el seu germà Tom (Duvall), un policia dur, descobreix que el sospitós de l'assassinat d'una prostituta podria ser un dels principals benefactors de l'Església, demana ajuda al seu germà per atrapar-lo. Al principi Desmond es debat entre la seva lleialtat a l'Església i al seu germà, però finalment decideix que cal esbrinar la veritat sobre el cas.

Daniel, un jove de 20 anys, experimenta una transformació espiritual mentre viu en un Centre de Detenció Juvenil. Vol ser sacerdot, quelcom impossible a causa dels seus antecedents penals. Quan és enviat a treballar a un taller de fusteria en una petita ciutat, a la seva arribada es vesteix de sacerdot i es fa càrrec accidentalment de la parròquia local. L'arribada del jove i carismàtic predicador és una oportunitat perquè la comunitat local comenci el procés de sanació després d'una tragèdia que va ocórrer allí.

Diagnosed with a mental illness halfway through his senior year of high school, a witty, introspective teen struggles to keep it a secret while falling in love with a brilliant classmate who inspires him to open his heart and not be defined by his condition.

In 1980, an American journalist covering the Salvadoran Civil War becomes entangled with both the leftist guerrilla groups and the right-wing military dictatorship while trying to rescue his girlfriend and her children.

At a Catholic boys' school, domineering disciplinarian Father Goddard rules over his pupils with an iron hand. When one of his teenage charges confesses to murder, the dogmatic but deeply repressed Goddard finds his faith challenged and his life spiralling dangerously out of control.

Sixteen-year-old Michael Dunn arrives at St. Basil's Catholic Boys School in Brooklyn circa 1965. There, he befriends all of the misfits in his class as they collide with the repressive faculty and discover the opposite sex as they come of age.

Pablo confesses a crime to Anders, who has a hidden agenda.

A morality tale of xenophobia, religious prejudice, mob violence, poverty, and their effect on two children in Liverpool during the Depression. When a shipyard closes, Liam and Teresa's dad loses his job. Liam, who's about 8, making his first Holy Communion, gets a regular dose of fire and brimstone at church. Teresa, about 13, has a job as a maid to the Jewish family that owns the closed shipyard. The lady of that house is having an affair, and Teresa becomes an accomplice. Liam stutters terribly, especially when troubled. Dad comes under the sway of the Fascists, who blame cheap Irish labor and Jewish owners. A Molotov cocktail brings things to a head.