Thirty years after starring in "The Wizard of Oz" at the young age of 16, Judy Garland (Zellweger) moves to London, England. It's 1986 and her marriage to Sidney Luft (Sewell) has collapsed, she's struggling with persistent money issues, and her career in the U.S. is cooling. Her time in London is plagued by ongoing substance abuse issues and haunted by her difficult past. As she struggles to pull herself together and make a comeback, she becomes increasingly unreliable. Her marriage to longtime friend Mickey Deans (Wittrock), her fifth husband, is new and exciting, and as she performs a series of sold-out concerts at London's Talk of the Town nightclub, Garland hopes that this phase of her life will bring her happiness and peace.
After serving 25 years in prison for a minor drug offense, former convict Russell Millings (Hawke) discovers an abandoned infant in a dumpster outside where he works as a dishwasher in a seedy motel. He finds a note under the baby that says, "Her name is Ella," and Russell decides to take the child home with him instead of turning her over to the police. New to the world outside of prison and still adjusting to a world so different from the one he knew before prison, Russell falls in love with Ella and puts his freedom at risk in the hopes of keeping her.
A young soldier, Pte. Andrew Briggman (Wolff), grapples with the morally questionable actions of his unit under the command of Sgt. Deeks (Skarsgård). When an Afghan boy is killed, Briggman considers reporting his platoon to the authorities. But when Deeks starts to suspect that Briggman's loyalty to the team is waning, he begins to show his true colors. Briggman's very life may be at stake as Deeks reveals just how violent and single-minded he can be.