A teenage skateboarder becomes suspected of being connected with a security guard who suffered a brutal death in a skate park called "Paranoid Park".

A family reunion goes awry when the oldest son makes the accusation that his dying father, a famed psychiatrist who also did work for the CIA, adopted his children for the purposes of psychological experimentation.

A murder in suburban California complicates the lives of three couples and their families.

Two best friends from high school reconnect over a summer back home, as one helps the other win a girl's heart.