Diz (Joel Courtney) is a reckless teenage drifter living life on the run. Abandoned by his parents as a child, he looks out for himself and doesn't accept handouts. He takes whatever he wants and runs. Jaded and determined to answer to no one, Diz lives a life marked by thievery and abandonment. Things change for Diz when he floats into a small town on the Snake River. There he is confronted by an unflappable old man named Marty and falls for Marty's guarded granddaughter, Selah. When Diz robs a local drug-dealing crazy, he becomes the owner of a giant pile of cash and the target of two vicious killers. With more money than he knows what to do with, and criminals at his heels, Diz puts the people he's learned to care about in danger, still trying to win Selah. But some things can't be stolen or bought. The River Thief is a film about guilt, self-sacrifice, and accepting life as a gift.

一对处在离婚边缘的夫妇因为筹备女儿的婚礼而假装继续在一起，然而在这个过程中他们对彼此有了新的认识……

年幼的艾利克斯目睹母亲被杀，母亲死后她与妹妹桑德拉相依为命，尽职尽力地照顾着妹妹。一场车祸之后艾利克斯一直出现幻觉，抹着白粉的恐怖小丑和气氛诡异的游乐场令她的生活似乎陷入了一个恐怖的梦魇之中无法醒来，艾利克斯能否摆脱这个噩梦呢？