Phyllis Dietrichson is trapped in a loveless marriage to a man who inspires in her nothing but contempt, but rather than leave him Phyllis decides to kill him and collect on the insurance policy she's had set up with the help of her lover, and naive partner in crime, insurance salesman Walter Neff. The only flaws in their plan are the company's reluctance to pay out so much, the diligence of Neff's increasingly suspicious colleague, (and his 'little man'), and the exemplary ruthlessness of Ph find out more...

Dave, Sean and Jimmy were childhood buddies, but a shocking turn of events leaves one of them emotionally ravaged and a mixture of guilt and confusion sees the three boys drift apart. When Jimmy's teenage daughter is murdered, Sean, now a cop, is assigned to the case and the deeper he delves the more suspect his old friend Dave begins to look. Mystic River is as much a study of damaged lives and the grief of loss as it is a thriller; taught, hard edged and emotional, the performances are uniform find out more...