Some Well-Connected Movies
Election

A high school teacher's personal life becomes complicated as he works with students during the school elections, particularly with an obsessive overachiever determined to become student body president.
1999
Alexander Payne
director
My Best Friend's Wedding

When a woman's long-time friend reveals he's engaged, she realizes she loves him herself and sets out to get him, with only days before the wedding.
1997
Dermot Mulroney
actor
Hearts in Atlantis

A widowed mother and her son change when a mysterious stranger enters their lives.
2001
Hope Davis
actor
As Good as It Gets

A single mother/waitress, a misanthropic author, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.
1997
Jack Nicholson
actor
Primary Colors

A man joins the political campaign of a smooth-operator candidate for president of the USA.
1998
Kathy Bates
actor
About Schmidt
A man upon retirement embarks on a journey to his estranged daughter's wedding only to discover more about himself and life than he ever expected.
2002
Alexander Payne
director
Dermot Mulroney
actor
Hope Davis
actor
Jack Nicholson
actor
Kathy Bates
actor
Sideways

Two men reaching middle age with not much to show but disappointment embark on a week-long road trip through California's wine country, just as one is about to take a trip down the aisle.
2004
Alexander Payne
director
The Wedding Date

Single-girl anxiety causes Kat Ellis (Messing) to hire a male escort (Mulroney) to pose as her boyfriend at her sister's wedding. Her plan, an attempt to dupe her ex-fiancé, who dumped her a couple years prior, proves to be her undoing.
2005
Dermot Mulroney
actor
The Weather Man

A Chicago weather man, separated from his wife and children, debates whether professional and personal success are mutually exclusive.
2005
Hope Davis
actor
Something's Gotta Give

A swinger on the cusp of being a senior citizen with a taste for young women falls in love with an accomplished woman closer to his age.
2003
Jack Nicholson
actor
Little Black Book

A woman snoops through her boyfriend's palm pilot and reveals his former girlfriends, which causes her to question why they're still listed in his little black book.
2004
Kathy Bates
actor