Some Well-Connected Movies
Seabiscuit

True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation.
2003
Gary Ross
director
Big

After wishing to be made big, a teenage boy wakes the next morning to find himself mysteriously in the body of an adult.
1988
Gary Ross
writer
Silver Linings Playbook

After a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own.
2012
Jennifer Lawrence
actor
House at the End of the Street

After moving with her mother to a small town, a teenager finds that an accident happened in the house at the end of the street. Things get more complicated when she befriends a boy who was the only survivor of the accident.
2012
Jennifer Lawrence
actor
Julie & Julia

Julia Child's story of her start in the cooking profession is intertwined with blogger Julie Powell's 2002 challenge to cook all the recipes in Child's first book.
2009
Stanley Tucci
actor
There Be Dragons

Arising out of the horror of the Spanish Civil War, a candidate for canonization is investigated by a journalist who discovers his own estranged father had a deep, dark and devastating connection to the saint's life.
2011
Wes Bentley
actor
The Hunger Games
Katniss Everdeen voluntarily takes her younger sister's place in the Hunger Games: a televised competition in which two teenagers from each of the twelve Districts of Panem are chosen at random to fight to the death.
2012
Gary Ross
director
Gary Ross
writer
Jennifer Lawrence
actor
Stanley Tucci
actor
Wes Bentley
actor
Free State of Jones

A disillusioned Confederate army deserter returns to Mississippi and leads a militia of fellow deserters and women in an uprising against the corrupt local Confederate government.
2016
Gary Ross
director
Free State of Jones

2016
Gary Ross
writer
Jack the Giant Slayer

The ancient war between humans and a race of giants is reignited when Jack, a young farmhand fighting for a kingdom and the love of a princess, opens a gateway between the two worlds.
2013
Stanley Tucci
actor
Amnesiac

The story of a man who wakes up in bed suffering from memory loss after being in an accident, only to begin to suspect that his wife may not be his real wife and that a web of lies and ...
2014
Wes Bentley
actor