The actions of a wealthy game designer (Gael García Bernal) changes the lives of his wife (Michelle Williams), their live-in nanny (Marife Necesito) and a working mother.
A well-to-do white family (Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw) takes in a homeless black teen and helps him realize his potential on and off the football field.
A private detective (Michael Shannon) is caught in a quandary after learning that the man (Frank Wood) he was hired to bring back to New York was presumed dead after the 9/11 terror attacks.
During the British occupation of Palestine, an Israeli youth's friendship with a British soldier (Alfred Molina) lands him in trouble with town officials.