Some Well-Connected Movies
Man of the Year

A comedian who hosts a news satire program decides to run for president, and a computerized voting machine malfunction gets him elected.
2006
Barry Levinson
director
Live Free or Die Hard

John McClane and a young hacker join forces to take down master cyber-terrorist Thomas Gabriel in Washington D.C.
2007
Bruce Willis
actor
Hamlet 2

In this irreverent comedy, a failed actor-turned-worse-high-school-drama-teacher rallies his Tucson, AZ students as he conceives and stages politically incorrect musical sequel to Shakespeare's Hamlet.
2008
Catherine Keener
actor
Synecdoche, New York

A theatre director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he creates a life-size replica of New York City inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
2008
Catherine Keener
actor
Righteous Kill

Two veteran New York City detectives work on a case of serial executions of criminals who escaped justice.
2008
Robert De Niro
actor
Milk

The story of Harvey Milk, and his struggles as an American gay activist who fought for gay rights and became California's first openly gay elected official.
2008
Sean Penn
actor
What Just Happened
Two weeks in the life of a fading Hollywood producer who's having a rough time trying to get his new picture made.
2008
Barry Levinson
director
Bruce Willis
actor
Catherine Keener
actor
Robert De Niro
actor
Sean Penn
actor
Surrogates

Set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots, a cop is forced to leave his home for the first time in years in order to investigate the murders of others' surrogates.
2009
Bruce Willis
actor
Everybody's Fine

A widower who realized his only connection to his family was through his wife sets off on an impromptu road trip to reunite with each of his grown children.
2009
Robert De Niro
actor
The Tree of Life

The story of a family in Waco, Texas in 1956. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence and struggles with his parents' conflicting teachings.
2011
Sean Penn
actor