Jack Watson is an 81 year old businessman, who is not exactly liked by his son, and who is pushing his meek grandson, David to excel in athletics as he did. At his birthday party, before blowing out the candles he's asked to make a wish and his wish is to be 18 again. While out with David they get into a car accident and when he wakes up, he discovers that he is now in David's body and David is in his body which is comatose. He then goes out to enjoy...

In a stylized retelling of the events of August 4, 1892, the film begins when the parents of New England spinster Lizzie Andrew Borden were found brutally murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts' home. The subsequent incarceration of the prime suspect (Lizzie herself) as well as the coroner's inquest and trial are largely faithfully depicted, using actual testimony.

A boy whose family relocates to New Mexico during World War II has some humorous and poignant experiences adjusting. Josh adjusts to life in a small New Mexico town when he and his mother move there during World War II.