Some Well-Connected Movies
Good Night, and Good Luck.

Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy.
2005
George Clooney
writer
Leatherheads

In 1925, an enterprising pro football player convinces America's too-good-to-be-true college football hero to play for his team and keep the league from going under.
2008
George Clooney
director
The Descendants

A land baron tries to reconnect with his two daughters after his wife is seriously injured in a boating accident.
2011
George Clooney
actor
Barney's Version

The picaresque and touching story of the politically incorrect, fully lived life of the impulsive, irascible and fearlessly blunt Barney Panofsky.
2010
Paul Giamatti
actor
Pirate Radio

A band of rogue DJs that captivated Britain, playing the music that defined a generation and standing up to a government that wanted classical music, and nothing else, on the airwaves.
2009
Philip Seymour Hoffman
actor
Moneyball

Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to assemble a baseball team on a lean budget by employing computer-generated analysis to acquire new players.
2011
Philip Seymour Hoffman
actor
Blue Valentine

The relationship of a contemporary married couple, charting their evolution over a span of years by cross-cutting between time periods.
2010
Ryan Gosling
actor
Crazy, Stupid, Love.

A middle-aged husband's life changes dramatically when his wife asks him for a divorce. He seeks to rediscover his manhood with the help of a newfound friend, Jacob, learning to pick up girls at bars.
2011
Ryan Gosling
actor
The Ides of March
An idealistic staffer for a new presidential candidate gets a crash course on dirty politics during his stint on the campaign trail.
2011
George Clooney
writer
George Clooney
director
George Clooney
actor
Paul Giamatti
actor
Philip Seymour Hoffman
actor
Ryan Gosling
actor
The Monuments Men

An unlikely World War II platoon is tasked to rescue art masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their owners.
2014
George Clooney
writer
The Monuments Men

2014
George Clooney
director
Gravity

Two astronauts work together to survive after an accident which leaves them alone in space.
2013
George Clooney
actor
Turbo

A freak accident might just help an everyday garden snail achieve his biggest dream: winning the Indy 500.
2013
Paul Giamatti
actor