表面上，尼尔森是一位温文尔雅的公务员，但他的真实面目却是可怕而致命的。但他也是罕见的——一个想要谈论自己罪行的精神病患者。在犯罪学家大卫·威尔逊教授的指导下，他花了几十年的时间采访尼尔森，并与他通信，这部独特的影片包含了新的采访素材和以前未见过的档案，还有对受害者家属的采访。

白人历史教师丹·邓恩，在纽约布鲁克林一家破旧的公立中学教书，他的学生多是黑人。丹有激情和创造力，热爱学生，不遵循官方教学大纲，相信黑格尔辩证法，认为历史本质由相反力作用而成。他使得纸页间枯燥的历史生动鲜活，鼓励学生思考和分析历史，及自己周遍世界的运作法则，学生成为丹存活于社会的救生索。晚上，他是不可救药的瘾君子。 这种分裂的生活没有能持续多久，丹某次在空无一人的女更衣室吸毒而虚脱，被他的黑人女学生德丽发现。共同保守的阴暗秘密，拉近了他们的关系，也改变了各自的生活。

白人历史教师丹·邓恩，在纽约布鲁克林一家破旧的公立中学教书，他的学生多是黑人。丹有激情和创造力，热爱学生，不遵循官方教学大纲，相信黑格尔辩证法，认为历史本质由相反力作用而成。他使得纸页间枯燥的历史生动鲜活，鼓励学生思考和分析历史，及自己周遍世界的运作法则，学生成为丹存活于社会的救生索。晚上，他是不可救药的瘾君子。 这种分裂的生活没有能持续多久，丹某次在空无一人的女更衣室吸毒而虚脱，被他的黑人女学生德丽发现。共同保守的阴暗秘密，拉近了他们的关系，也改变了各自的生活。

影片围绕丹尼斯与威尔逊先生的友谊展开。丹尼斯在为威尔逊先生挑选生日礼物时，意外发现对方被骗子以虚假青春疗法骗取钱财，随后他展开行动帮助威尔逊先生识破骗局并挽回损失。

George "Babyface" Nelson became one of the most important gangsters of 1930's Chicago by making brutal robberies. In order to compete with Al Capone, he allied himself with John Dillinger

Occasioned one of the shortest Oscar award speeches ever. Steven Wright looked at Mike Armstrong and said, "I guess it's a good thing we cut those extra twenty minutes. Thank you".

Britain’s most notorious serial killer, Dennis Nilsen, confessed to killing 15 people in 1983. Over a five-year period, he picked up vulnerable young men, lured them back to his home and strangled them, before disposing of their bodies under the floorboards. 　　The truth about how and why he killed has been the subject of much speculation in books and documentaries over the decades since. Now, with unique access to a wealth of personal archive left in his cell after his death, including over 250 hours of never-before-published cassette tapes of his private recordings, this film will take us into Nilsen’s world. From a young boy growing up in a quiet Scottish fishing village to a cold-blooded murderer prowling the streets of London. 　　Set against the backdrop of 1980s Britain, when mass unemployment drew young men to London in search of their fortunes, only to find themselves destitute and easy prey, and weaving together interviews from police, journalists, survivors, bereaved families, and - for the first time - the killer’s own voice, this feature length documentary explores how Nilsen was able to get away with multiple murders and attacks, unchallenged, for five years.

由《百味超市》和《百味车厂》的编剧贾斯汀·斯皮泽和埃里克·莱金创作，鲁本·弗雷斯彻执导。讲述了一个位于俄勒冈州资金、人手不足的医院，那里的医生和护士们尽力治疗病人，同时保持自己的理智。