狱监保罗（汤姆•汉克斯 Tom Hanks 饰）这天迎来了一位不平凡的杀人犯――约翰•考夫利（迈克•克拉克•邓肯 Michael Clarke Duncan 饰）。约翰因杀了两名幼女被判死刑来到了这座著名的冷山监狱，监狱里有一片称为“绿里”的绿地，绿地那头就是刑场。
约翰不仅不像想象中的凶残，相反，他出奇的温厚、机智。约翰的到来给狱中的各人带来了天翻地覆的变化：为老囚犯特里沃的小老鼠注入了生命的强度，给特里沃最后的人生带来最后的慰籍；神奇的拯救了被病痛折磨的保罗和马琳达；将金保斯从死神手中拉了回来
A single mother who becomes the first victim of kidnapper Ariel Castro finds herself trapped in his home for 11 years, where she eventually becomes a friend and sister to two other women who are taken captive by Castro.
The son of an African-American Judge is killed by police officers on the day he was set to begin law enforcement academy. When the courts clear the officers of wrongdoing, the Judge must decide whether the courts are the only arbitrators of justice.
