Some Well-Connected Movies
Fantastic Mr. Fox

An urbane fox cannot resist returning to his farm raiding ways and then must help his community survive the farmers' retaliation.
2009
George Clooney
actor
The Men Who Stare at Goats

A reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army's New Earth Army, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions.
2009
George Clooney
actor
Couples Retreat

A comedy centered around four couples who settle into a tropical-island resort for a vacation. While one of the couples is there to work on the marriage, the others fail to realize that participation in the resort's therapy sessions is not optional.
2009
Jason Bateman
actor
Juno

Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child.
2007
Jason Reitman
director
Orphan

A husband and wife who recently lost their baby adopt a 9 year-old girl who is not nearly as innocent as she claims to be.
2009
Vera Farmiga
actor
Thumbsucker

Justin throws himself and everyone around him into chaos when he attempts to break free from his addiction to his thumb.
2005
Walter Kirn
writer
Up in the Air
Ryan Bingham enjoys living out of a suitcase for his job traveling around the country firing people, but finds that lifestyle threatened by the presence of a potential love interest and a new hire.
2009
Anna Kendrick
actor
George Clooney
actor
Jason Bateman
actor
Jason Reitman
director
Vera Farmiga
actor
Walter Kirn
writer
50/50

Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis, and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.
2011
Anna Kendrick
actor
The Switch

Seven years after the fact, a man comes to the realization that he was the sperm donor for his best friend's boy.
2010
Jason Bateman
actor
Young Adult

Soon after her divorce, a fiction writer returns to her home in small-town Minnesota, looking to rekindle a romance with her ex-boyfriend, who is now happily married and has a newborn daughter.
2011
Jason Reitman
director
Higher Ground

A chronicle of one woman's lifelong struggle with her faith.
2011
Vera Farmiga
actor