Some Well-Connected Movies
Down to Earth

After dying before his time, an aspiring black comic gets a second shot at life - by being placed in the body of a wealthy white businessman.
2001
Chris Weitz
director
Mickey Blue Eyes

"An English auctioneer proposes to the daughter of a mafia kingpin, only to realize that certain """"favors"""" would be asked of him."
1999
Hugh Grant
actor
Two Weeks Notice

A lawyer decides that she's used too much like a nanny by her boss, so she walks out on him.
2002
Hugh Grant
actor
High Fidelity

Rob, a record store owner and compulsive list maker, recounts his top five breakups, including the one in progress.
2000
Nick Hornby
writer
Down to Earth

2001
Paul Weitz
director
About a Boy
A cynical, immature young man is taught how to act like a grown-up by a little boy.
2002
Chris Weitz
director
Hugh Grant
actor
Nicholas Hoult
actor
Nick Hornby
writer
Paul Weitz
director
Sharon Small
actor
The Golden Compass

In a parallel universe, young Lyra Belacqua journeys to the far North to save her best friend and other kidnapped children from terrible experiments by a mysterious organization.
2007
Chris Weitz
director
Wah-Wah

Set at the end of the '60s, as Swaziland is about to receive independence from Great Britain, the film follows the young Ralph Compton, at 12, through his parents' traumatic separation, ...
2005
Nicholas Hoult
actor
Wild

A chronicle of one woman's 1,100-mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent personal tragedy.
2014
Nick Hornby
writer
In Good Company

A middle-aged ad exec is faced with a new boss who's nearly half his age... and who also happens to be sleeping with his daughter.
2004
Paul Weitz
director
Dear Frankie

After having responded to her son's numerous letters in the guise of his father, a woman hires a stranger to pose as his dad when meeting him.
2004
Sharon Small
actor