River's Edge

In Northern California, a preteen boy, Tim, throws a doll into a river. On the opposite bank, he sees a teenager, John, smoking a cigarette while sitting next to the nude corpse of his girlfriend, Jamie. Later, at a convenience store, Tim encounters John arguing with a clerk who will not sell him beer without ID. Tim returns home, where his older brother Matt and mother are searching for his little sister's doll. Matt's friend Layne arrives to pick him up, and the two drive to the home of Feck, a neurotic ex-biker and drug dealer, to obtain marijuana. On the way there, Layne recounts a party from the night before at which John and Jamie were arguing. At school, Layne and Matt smoke with their friends Clarissa, Maggie, and Tony. Matt talks about wanting to run away to Portland, which Clarissa dismisses. John arrives and says he killed Jamie. Thinking he's joking, Clarissa and Maggie leave for class. John brings Layne and Matt to see Jamie's body; Matt is disturbed, while Layne is focused on covering up the crime.