理发师艾迪（Billy Bob Thornton 饰）的生活平淡无奇，在百货店担任簿记的妻子多丽丝（Frances McDormand 饰）和他貌合神离，艾迪凭丈夫的直觉断定妻子与其老板戴夫有染。一日，艾迪接待的一位客人大肆吹嘘新兴的干洗生意，并拉拢艾迪投资，不甘在小镇寂寞一生的艾迪决意入股，并向戴夫发出了匿名威胁信勒索以获得资金。艾迪如愿收到封口费，但事情很快暴露，戴夫找到艾迪泄愤不成反被杀死。戴夫之死导致多丽丝入狱，艾迪反而未受怀疑，于是他超脱于事件之外，每日只靠少女贝蒂（Scarlett Johan
In a small Minnesota town, the annual beauty pageant is being covered by a TV crew. Former winner Gladys Leeman wants to make sure her daughter follows in her footsteps. Explosions, falling lights, and trailer fires prove that. As the Leemans are the rich
U.S Postal Inspectors are called in when a suburban couple are killed by a mail bomb. Suspicion immediately falls on the couple's estranged and heavily in debt son, who also just happens to be a Navy munitions expert. But investigations r
Sergei has been released from jail, where he has served a sentence for various criminal offences. Because of his past and his aggressive, disillusioned character, he experiences serious difficulties in finding his place in society. His attempt to take adv
