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- In Estevez' earliest work, he plays a troubled teen who is staying out all night partying. His father Ramon Bieri (from "Joe's World') attempts to reason with him and calm him down, to no avail. He finally "kidnaps" his own son and takes him out to camp in the middle of the woods to tame the young man's behavior.
- A teenager is faced with decisions involving the care of her ailing grandfather.
- A talented, sophisticated African-American male is the frontrunner for a top job. Although he has the best qualifications, some executives are reluctant to give the green light to hire him.
- A high-schooler (Judge Reinhold) becomes good friends with a shy new classmate (Jeanne Mori) who has just come with her family from Vietnam. Through their tightly-knit friendship, she opens up, and he realizes the struggles that she and her family face as they adapt to American culture. Inspired by her story but blinded by what only the two of them understand on a humanitarian level, he writes an acoustic-guitar song he titles "A Step Too Slow." Inspired by true compassion and the circumstances of being an outcast and the pressures of high school, he pulls off the most incredible emotional and lyrically-epic performance in front of the class that opens their blind eyes, and gives them a gift as well with a voice of freedom and expression to his new friend. The silence of the class is eventually broken by another classmate who initiates a sing-along to the catchy, warm, heartfelt chorus. A must-see, memorable contribution to humanity.
- A teenage boy becomes depressed and suicidal when he loses everything that's important to him.
- A lonely teenage girl named Billie Christopher befriends Craig, a high-school basketball player who becomes paralyzed from the waist down due to an incident that occurs during a game.
- Jim Berg has a drinking problem that he and his wife Loretta deny. His alcoholic escapades cause embarrassment and suffering prompting Loretta to attend an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting and she is able to help him face the truth.
- An upper-class woman who's recently fallen on hard times gets an unexpected lesson in friendship.
- An elderly man gets a visit from God, who keeps him on his proper path in life.
- Teenager Danny Henderson chafes under the discipline of his rigid parents, especially when he becomes involved with a neighbor girl whose parents are very permissive. Danny finds himself having to choose between people he cares about.
- Dorothy is a homemaker in a suburban town. She believes herself a casual drinker, but repeated embarrassing lapses cause her to rethink her attitude, especially when her children make clear that they have lost respect for her. Dorothy finally admits that she is an alcoholic.
- A demanding, self-centered individual believes that he has found the perfect woman.
- A high-school gang called the Eagles gets a little too out of hand challenging school rules. Teachers try to stop them, but they continue their rebellion.. Eventually the leader of the gang gets help and breaks through his past and continues his way with music.
- A man drops by to visit his old buddy who owns a restaurant but is met by a stranger who leads him into another life.
- A masked gunman holds people hostage at their high-school reunion, and they try to figure out which one(s?) he wants to kill and how to stop him.
- Urged by a modernized ghetto priest and a black nun, a parish council establishes a community center of Black culture headed by a local Black militant.
- The McNulty children gather at their family home for their father's funeral. They drink, squabble, and share memories of the man they call "The Elephant."