The Incredible Burt Wonderstone is a 2013 American comedy film directed by Don Scardino and written by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, based on a story by Chad Kultgen and Tyler Mitchell, along with Daley and Goldstein. The film follows Las Vegas magician Burt Wonderstone as he attempts to reunite with his former partner Anton Marvelton ...
Starring: Hume Cronyn•Jack Lemmon•Dennis Hopper•Gena Rowlands•Jessica Chastain•Robert Duvall•Demi Moore•Ossie Davis•Johnny Carson•Harry Dean Stanton
Violet & Daisy is a 2011 American crime comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by Geoffrey Fletcher in his directorial debut. The film stars Saoirse Ronan, Alexis Bledel, Danny Trejo, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, and James Gandolfini in one of his last acting roles before his death on June 19, 2013. Supporting roles are performed by John Vent...
Starring: Jessica Chastain•Alan Arkin•Anthony Hopkins•Tony Lo Bianco•Ron Leibman
Enough Said is a 2013 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Nicole Holofcener. The film stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus, James Gandolfini, Catherine Keener, Toni Collette and Ben Falcone. Louis-Dreyfus plays Eva, a divorced masseuse who begins a relationship with Albert (Gandolfini), only to discover that he is the former husband of...
Starring: Paul Dano•Jessica Chastain•John Lithgow•Richard Dreyfuss•Jackie Earle Haley•Danny DeVito•Lindsay Crouse
Killing Them Softly is a 2012 American neo-noir crime film written and directed by Andrew Dominik and starring Brad Pitt. Based on George V. Higgins' 1974 novel Cogan's Trade, the story follows Jackie Cogan, a hitman who is hired to deal with the aftermath of a Mafia poker game robbery that ruptured the criminal economy; the events are set during t...
Starring: John Travolta•Gina McKee•Jessica Chastain•Bill Macy•Denzel Washington•Ian Holm•Peter Jason
Zero Dark Thirty is a 2012 American thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal. The film dramatizes the nearly decade-long international manhunt for Osama bin Laden, leader of the terrorist network Al-Qaeda, after the September 11 attacks. This search leads to the discovery of his compound in Pakistan and the military raid w...
Starring: Jessica Chastain•William H. Macy•Dick Cavett•Tony Danza•David Copperfield•Sharon Stone•Laura Dern•Sean Penn
Not Fade Away is an American drama film directed by David Chase. It was released on December 21, 2012.
Starring: Edward James Olmos•Jessica Chastain•Demi Moore•Chris Penn•Ray Liotta•Nicolas Cage•Dorian Harewood•Bronson Pinchot•Frances McDormand
Cinema Verite is a 2011 HBO drama film directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini. The film's main ensemble cast starred Diane Lane, Tim Robbins, James Gandolfini and Patrick Fugit. The film follows a fictionalized account of the production of An American Family, a 1973 PBS documentary television series that is said to be one of the earli...
Starring: Dan Hedaya•Jordan Gelber•Stephen Rea•Charlie Sheen•Val Kilmer•Catherine O'Hara•Molly Hagan•Jessica Chastain•Tim Robbins•Christian Slater
The Taking of Pelham 123 is a 2009 American action thriller film directed by Tony Scott. It is the third film adaptation of the John Godey novel of the same name. The film is about a train dispatcher, who is pressed into the role of negotiator after a criminal hijacks a subway car of passengers. The film was released on June 12, 2009. It grossed $1...
Starring: Joel Edgerton•Adrian Martinez•William Petersen•Jessica Chastain•Viggo Mortensen•Andy García•Forest Whitaker•Kathy Baker•Dennis Farina•Steve Buscemi
In the Loop is a 2009 British satirical black comedy film directed by Armando Iannucci. The film is a spin-off from his BBC Television series The Thick of It and satirises Anglo-American politics, in particular the invasion of Iraq. It was nominated for the 2009 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Starring: Alec Baldwin•Mimi Kennedy•Chris Cooper•Patricia Arquette•Jessica Chastain•Patricia Clarkson•Christina Applegate•Stephanie Faracy•Julia Roberts•Gary Oldman
Where the Wild Things Are is a 2009 fantasy adventure drama film directed by Spike Jonze. Written by Jonze and Dave Eggers, it is based on Maurice Sendak's 1963 children's book of the same name. It combines live-action, performers in costumes, animatronics, and computer-generated imagery (CGI). The film stars Max Records, Catherine Keener, and Mark...
Starring: Richard Jenkins•Lolita Davidovich•Brad Pitt•Paul Dano•Jessica Chastain•Mark Ruffalo•Armin Mueller-Stahl•Catherine Keener•Aida Turturro•Tony Shalhoub
Lonely Hearts is a 2006 American film directed and written by Todd Robinson. It is a neo-noir based on the true story of the notorious "Lonely Hearts Killers" spree killing of the 1940s, Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez. The story of Beck and Fernandez was also the subject of the 1970 film The Honeymoon Killers, directed by Leonard Kastle and the ...
Starring: Joel Edgerton•Billy Bob Thornton•Jessica Chastain•Anna Chlumsky•Kieran Culkin•Anthony Heald•Sydney Pollack•David Paymer
All the King's Men is a 2006 American political drama film written, directed and produced by Steven Zaillian based on the 1946 Pulitzer Prize–winning novel of the same name by Robert Penn Warren. All the King's Men had previously been adapted into a Best Picture Oscar–winning film by writer-director Robert Rossen in 1949. The film narrates the rise...
Starring: Ben Affleck•Gillian Anderson•Embeth Davidtz•Will Smith•James Gandolfini•Jessica Chastain•Brian Haley•Jared Leto•Mark Ruffalo
Surviving Christmas is a 2004 American romantic comedy film directed by Mike Mitchell, written by Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan, Jennifer Ventimilia, and Joshua Sternin, based on a story by Elfont and Kaplan, and starring Ben Affleck, James Gandolfini, Christina Applegate, and Catherine O'Hara.
Starring: Sean Nelson•Anne Heche•Julia Louis-Dreyfus•Salma Hayek•Richard Jenkins•Steve Coogan•Kate Winslet•Peter Stormare•Jude Law•Jessica Chastain
The Last Castle is a 2001 American action drama film directed by Rod Lurie, starring Robert Redford, James Gandolfini, Mark Ruffalo and Delroy Lindo. The film portrays a struggle between inmates and the warden of a military prison, based on the United States Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth. A highly decorated U.S. Army Lieutenant General,...
Starring: Toni Collette•Jessica Chastain•Mark Ruffalo
The Man Who Wasn't There is a 2001 American neo-noir crime film written, directed, and produced by Joel and Ethan Coen. It stars Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand, Michael Badalucco, Richard Jenkins, Scarlett Johansson, Jon Polito, Tony Shalhoub, and James Gandolfini. The film is set in 1949 and tells the story of Ed Crane, a withdrawn barber w...
Starring: Lauren Ambrose•Elden Henson•Jessica Chastain
The Mexican is a 2001 American dark comedy adventure crime film directed by Gore Verbinski and stars Julia Roberts and Brad Pitt in lead roles. Its plot is a mixture of different genres.
Starring: Luis Guzmán•Gina McKee•Jessica Chastain
8mm is a 1999 crime thriller film directed by Joel Schumacher and written by Andrew Kevin Walker. A German–American production, the film stars Nicolas Cage as a private investigator who delves into the world of snuff films. Joaquin Phoenix, James Gandolfini, Peter Stormare, and Anthony Heald appear in supporting roles.
Starring: Scott Caan•Patrick Fugit•Paul Dano•Danny Trejo•Jessica Chastain•Jennifer Ehle
A Civil Action is a 1998 American legal drama film written and directed by Steven Zaillian, based on the 1995 book of the same name by Jonathan Harr. Starring John Travolta, Robert Duvall, James Gandolfini, Dan Hedaya, John Lithgow, William H. Macy, Kathleen Quinlan, and Tony Shalhoub, it tells the true story of a court case about environmental pol...
Starring: Alexis Bledel•Steve Carell•Joel Edgerton•Jordan Gelber•Scoot McNairy•Olivia Wilde•Sean O'Bryan•Tom Hollander•Jessica Chastain
Fallen is a 1998 American supernatural thriller film directed by Gregory Hoblit, produced by Charles Roven and Dawn Steel, from a screenplay by Nicholas Kazan. Denzel Washington plays a Philadelphia police detective who is investigating occult murders committed by an apparent copycat killer. John Goodman, Donald Sutherland, Embeth Davidtz, James Ga...
Starring: Adrian Martinez•Mark Strong•Vincent Curatola•Jessica Chastain
The Mighty is a 1998 American coming of age buddy comedy-drama film directed by Peter Chelsom and written by Charles Leavitt. Based on the book Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick, the film stars Sharon Stone, Gena Rowlands, Gillian Anderson, Harry Dean Stanton, Kieran Culkin, James Gandolfini and Elden Henson.
Starring: Lisa Lampanelli•Zachary Gordon•Bailee Madison•Enzo Cilenti•Toby Huss•Jessica Chastain•John Magaro
12 Angry Men is a 1997 American made-for-television drama film directed by William Friedkin, adapted by Reginald Rose from his original 1954 teleplay of the same title. It is a remake of the 1957 film of the same name.
Starring: Saoirse Ronan•Molly Price•Chris Pratt•Jason Clarke•Marianne Jean-Baptiste•Jack Huston•Max Records•Michaela Watkins•Ben Falcone•Jessica Chastain
Night Falls on Manhattan is a 1996 American crime drama film written and directed by Sidney Lumet based on the novel Tainted Evidence by Robert Daley.
Starring: Bella Heathcote•Will Brill•Dennis Hopper•Gene Hackman•Tony Lo Bianco•Jessica Chastain
She's So Lovely is a 1997 American romantic drama film directed by Nick Cassavetes, written by John Cassavetes. At the time of its release, it received special attention because, eight years after his death, it was the first posthumous film to feature previously unreleased material from John Cassavetes.
Starring: Zachary Gordon•Joel Edgerton•Embeth Davidtz•Jessica Chastain•Christopher Walken
The Juror is a 1996 American legal thriller film based on the 1995 novel by George Dawes Green. It was directed by Brian Gibson and stars Demi Moore as a single mother picked for jury duty for a mafia trial and Alec Baldwin as a mobster sent to intimidate her. The film received highly negative reviews and Moore won a joint Golden Raspberry Award fo...
Starring: Danny DeVito•Lindsay Crouse•Ian Holm•Nastassja Kinski•Jessica Chastain•Demi Moore•Chris Penn
Crimson Tide is a 1995 American action thriller film directed by Tony Scott and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer. It takes place during a period of political turmoil in Russia, in which ultranationalists threaten to launch nuclear missiles at the United States and Japan.
Starring: Charlie Sheen•Adrian Martinez•Stephen Rea•Jessica Chastain
Get Shorty is a 1995 American gangster comedy film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and written by Scott Frank, based on Elmore Leonard's novel of the same name. The film stars John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Delroy Lindo, James Gandolfini, Dennis Farina, and Danny DeVito. It follows Chili Palmer (Travolta), a Miami mobster and loan shark who ...
Starring: Charlie Sheen•Val Kilmer•Joel Edgerton•Geena Davis•Christian Slater•Viggo Mortensen•Andy García•Jessica Chastain
Angie is a 1994 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Martha Coolidge and starring Geena Davis as the title character. It was produced by Caravan Pictures and distributed by Hollywood Pictures. It is based on the 1991 novel Angie, I Says by Avra Wing, which was a New York Times Notable Book of 1991. The film received mixed to negative rev...
Starring: Dennis Farina•Alec Baldwin•Patricia Arquette•Jessica Chastain
Terminal Velocity is a 1994 American action film directed by Deran Sarafian, written by David Twohy, and starring Charlie Sheen, Nastassja Kinski, James Gandolfini, and Christopher McDonald. It follows a daredevil skydiver (Sheen) who is caught up in a criminal plot by Russian mobsters, forcing him to team up with a freelance secret agent (Kinski) ...
Starring: Gary Oldman•Edward James Olmos•Lena Olin•Jessica Chastain
True Romance is a 1993 American romantic crime film directed by Tony Scott and written by Quentin Tarantino. It features an ensemble cast led by Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette, with Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, and Christopher Walken in supporting roles. Slater and Arquette portray newlyweds on the run from the Mafia a...
Starring: Tom Sizemore•Rene Russo•Aida Turturro•Delroy Lindo•David Paymer•Joseph Gordon-Levitt•Robin Wright Penn•Anne Heche•Gina McKee•Tom Sizemore