Some Well-Connected Movies
Big Fish

A frustrated son tries to determine the fact from fiction in his dying father's life.
2003
Billy Crudup
actor
Mission: Impossible II

"A secret agent is sent to Sydney, to find and destroy a genetically modified disease called """"Chimera""""."
2000
Bruce Geller
writer
Joy Ride

Three young people on a road trip from Colorado to New Jersey talk to a trucker on their CB radio, then must escape when he turns out to be a psychotic killer.
2001
J.J. Abrams
writer
Capote

In 1959, Truman Capote learns of the murder of a Kansas family and decides to write a book about the case. While researching for his novel In Cold Blood, Capote forms a relationship with one of the killers, Perry Smith, who is on death row.
2005
Philip Seymour Hoffman
actor
The Legend of Zorro

Despite trying to keep his swashbuckling to a minimum, a threat to California's pending statehood causes the adventure-loving Alejandro de la Vega (Banderas) -- and his wife, Elena (Zeta-Jones) -- to take action.
2005
Roberto Orci
writer
War of the Worlds

As Earth is invaded by alien tripod fighting machines, one family fights for survival.
2005
Tom Cruise
actor
Dawn of the Dead

A nurse, a policeman, a young married couple, a salesman, and other survivors of a worldwide plague that is producing aggressive, flesh-eating zombies, take refuge in a mega Midwestern shopping mall.
2004
Ving Rhames
actor
Mission: Impossible III
Agent Ethan Hunt comes into conflict with a dangerous and sadistic arms dealer who threatens his life and his fianceƩ in response .
2006
Alex Kurtzman
writer
Billy Crudup
actor
Bruce Geller
writer
J.J. Abrams
writer
J.J. Abrams
director
Philip Seymour Hoffman
actor
Roberto Orci
writer
Tom Cruise
actor
Ving Rhames
actor
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Decepticons target him and he is dragged back into the Transformers' war.
2009
Alex Kurtzman
writer
Watchmen

In 1985 where former superheroes exist, the murder of a colleague sends active vigilante Rorschach into his own sprawling investigation, uncovering something that could completely change the course of history as we know it.
2009
Billy Crudup
actor
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

The IMF is shut down when it's implicated in the bombing of the Kremlin, causing Ethan Hunt and his new team to go rogue to clear their organization's name.
2011
Bruce Geller
writer
Star Trek

The brash James T. Kirk tries to live up to his father's legacy with Mr. Spock keeping him in check as a vengeful Romulan from the future creates black holes to destroy the Federation one planet at a time.
2009
J.J. Abrams
director
Super 8

During the summer of 1979, a group of friends witness a train crash and investigate subsequent unexplained events in their small town.
2011
J.J. Abrams
writer
Charlie Wilson's War

A drama based on a Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets have some unforeseen and long-reaching effects.
2007
Philip Seymour Hoffman
actor
Transformers

An ancient struggle between two Cybertronian races, the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons, comes to Earth, with a clue to the ultimate power held by a teenager.
2007
Roberto Orci
writer
Lions for Lambs

Injuries sustained by two Army rangers behind enemy lines in Afghanistan set off a sequence of events involving a congressman, a journalist and a professor.
2007
Tom Cruise
actor
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard

Used-car liquidator Don Ready is hired by a flailing auto dealership to turn their Fourth of July sale into a majorly profitable event.
2009
Ving Rhames
actor