Left heartbroken by the woman he loved and lost many years ago, Manglehorn, an eccentric small-town locksmith, tries to start his life over again with the help of a new friend.

A workaholic executive, and an unconventional woman agree to a personal relationship for a short period. In this short period she changes his life.

Death, who takes the form of a young man, asks a media mogul to act as a guide to teach him about life on Earth, and in the process, he falls in love with his guide's daughter.

A strange man owns a self-storage facility and lives in a reality of his own, until reality comes crashing down.