Some Well-Connected Movies
Shaft

New York City police detective John Shaft (nephew of the original 1970s detective) goes on a personal mission to make sure the son of a real estate tycoon is brought to justice after a racially-motivated murder.
2000
Jeffrey Wright
actor
Beloved

Based on the book by Toni Morrison, in which a slave is visited by the spirit of her deceased daughter.
1998
Jonathan Demme
director
The Mudge Boy

Sensitive, somewhat effeminate farm-boy Duncan Mudge can barely cope with grim, since Ma's death even gloomier father Edgar's manly expectations, and seeks comfort in petting a chicken he ...
2003
Pablo Schreiber
actor
The Manchurian Candidate

A former prisoner of war is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy.
1962
Richard Condon
writer
The Manchurian Candidate
In the midst of the Gulf War, soldiers are kidnapped and brainwashed for sinister purposes.
2004
Anthony Mackie
actor
Jeffrey Wright
actor
Jonathan Demme
director
Pablo Schreiber
actor
Richard Condon
writer
We Are Marshall

When a plane crash claims the lives of members of the Marshall University football team and some of its fans, the team's new coach and his surviving players try to keep the football program alive.
2006
Anthony Mackie
actor
Lady in the Water

Apartment building superintendent Cleveland Heep rescues what he thinks is a young woman from the pool he maintains. When he discovers that she is actually a character from a bedtime story who is trying to make the journey back to her home, he works with his tenants to protect his new friend from the creatures that are determined to keep her in our world.
2006
Jeffrey Wright
actor
Rachel Getting Married

A young woman who has been in and out of rehab for the past ten years, returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.
2008
Jonathan Demme
director
13 Hours

During an attack on a U.S. compound in Libya, a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.
2016
Pablo Schreiber
actor