The Drive to Win (1981)

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.

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In order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and on probation, must take on the appeal of a woman wrongfully convicted of murder.

A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.

A college stud tries to level up his relationship with a computer science major after becoming attracted to her skills in an online role-playing game.

A high school outcast pays a cheerleader to pose as his girlfriend so he can be considered cool.

A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.

A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.

Having been released after serving his sentence, a funeral director accidentally crosses paths with a girl which brings about an unexpected change in his attitude towards life.

A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness.