Some Well-Connected Movies
Connie and Carla

A mob mix-up in Chicago sends two chanteuses screaming for L.A., where they score a perfect gig: posing as drag queens on the dinner theater/cabaret circuit. Things get extra-weird when a guy falls for one of the girls.
2004
Nia Vardalos
writer
That Thing You Do!

A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager.
1996
Tom Hanks
director
That Thing You Do!

1996
Tom Hanks
writer
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

A nine-year-old amateur inventor, Francophile, and pacifist searches New York City for the lock that matches a mysterious key left behind by his father, who died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
2011
Tom Hanks
actor
Larry Crowne
After losing his job, a middle-aged man reinvents himself by going back to college.
2011
Nia Vardalos
writer
Randall Park
actor
Tom Hanks
director
Tom Hanks
writer
Tom Hanks
actor
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2

A Portokalos family secret brings the beloved characters back together for an even bigger and Greeker wedding.
2016
Nia Vardalos
writer
The Interview

"Dave Skylark and his producer Aaron Rapoport run the celebrity tabloid show """"Skylark Tonight"""". When they land an interview with a surprise fan, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, they are recruited by the CIA to turn their trip to Pyongyang into an assassination mission."
2014
Randall Park
actor
Cloud Atlas

An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution.
2012
Tom Hanks
actor