Some Well-Connected Movies
Contact

Dr. Ellie Arroway, after years of searching, finds conclusive radio proof of intelligent aliens, who send plans for a mysterious machine.
1997
David Morse
actor
Set It Off

Desperation drives four inner-city women (Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith, Vivica A. Fox, Kimberly Elise) to bank robbery in Los Angeles, then they start mistrusting one another.
1996
F. Gary Gray
director
A Bug's Life

"A misfit ant, looking for """"warriors"""" to save his colony from greedy grasshoppers, recruits a group of bugs that turn out to be an inept circus troupe."
1998
Kevin Spacey
actor
Silent Running

In a future where all flora is extinct on Earth, an astronaut is given orders to destroy the last of Earth's botany, kept in a greenhouse aboard a spacecraft.
1972
Ron Rifkin
actor
Jackie Brown

A middle-aged woman finds herself in the middle of a huge conflict that will either make her a profit or cost her life.
1997
Samuel L. Jackson
actor
Sphere

A spaceship is discovered under three hundred years' worth of coral growth at the bottom of the ocean.
1998
Samuel L. Jackson
actor
The Negotiator
In a desperate attempt to prove his innocence, a skilled police negotiator accused of corruption and murder takes hostages in a government office to gain the time he needs to find the truth.
1998
David Morse
actor
F. Gary Gray
director
James DeMonaco
writer
Kevin Spacey
actor
Ron Rifkin
actor
Samuel L. Jackson
actor
Crazy in Alabama

An abused wife heads to California to become a movie star while her nephew back in Alabama has to deal with a racially-motivated murder involving a corrupt sheriff.
1999
David Morse
actor
A Man Apart

A man known as Diablo emerges to head a drug cartel after the previous leader is imprisoned.
2003
F. Gary Gray
director
The Purge

A wealthy family are held hostage for harboring the target of a murderous syndicate during the Purge, a 12-hour period in which any and all crime is legal.
2013
James DeMonaco
writer
American Beauty

A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.
1999
Kevin Spacey
actor
Dragonfly

A grieving doctor is being contacted by his late wife through his patients' near death experiences.
2002
Ron Rifkin
actor