All solved!
1. Because he wants to be a gunman, he tries to hide his nearsightedness.
Unforgiven
Solved by TehipiteTom (comment #5).
2. A pair of brothers hired to repair a small tractor.
The Straight Story
Solved by OhKen (comment #12).
3. A young woman, who doesn’t really like to talk about herself, plays touch football in a skirt.
The Big Chill
Solved by Kathy (comment #7).
4. He is killed with a crossbow while diving into his swimming pool.
HINT: He is killed by a woman. Our hero wanted him alive.
For Your Eyes Only
Solved by lunofajro (comment #20).
5. She makes roses out of paper. She dreams of someday making them out of silk, but she is shot to death before that can happen.
HINT: Her former lover finds her in bed with another man and shoots them both. The other man shoots and kills him, but his own wound will ultimately prove fatal.
Dead Man
Solved by sopka (comment #21).
6. “I don’t like cold things touching my skin.”
To Catch a Thief
Solved by Amy (comment #15).
7. Three sailors having a picnic in a park on a freezing winter day.
The Last Detail
Solved by George (comment #1).