A father in an attempt to reconnect with his estranged son, invites him to compete in a father-son fishing competition.

An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider.

A group of friends venture deep into the streets of New York on a rescue mission during a rampaging monster attack.

Cloverfield follows five New Yorkers from the perspective of a hand-held video camera. The movie is exactly the length of a DV Tape and a sub-plot is established by showing bits and pieces of video previously recorded on the tape that is being recorded over. The movie starts as a monster of unknown origin destroys a building. As they go to investigate, parts of the building and the head of the Statue of Liberty come raining down. The movie follows their adventure trying to escape and save a friend, a love interest of the main character.