Some Well-Connected Movies
Dirty Pretty Things

An illegal Nigerian immigrant discovers the unpalatable side of London life.
2002
Chiwetel Ejiofor
actor
The Great Debaters

A drama based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson, a professor at Wiley College Texas. In 1935, he inspired students to form the school's first debate team, which went on to challenge Harvard in the national championship.
2007
Denzel Washington
actor
No Country for Old Men

Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and more than two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.
2007
Josh Brolin
actor
A Good Year

A British investment broker inherits his uncle's chateau and vineyard in Provence, where he spent much of his childhood. He discovers a new laid-back lifestyle as he tries to renovate the estate to be sold.
2006
Ridley Scott
director
A Good Year

2006
Russell Crowe
actor
3:10 to Yuma

A small-time rancher agrees to hold a captured outlaw who's awaiting a train to go to court in Yuma. A battle of wills ensues as the outlaw tries to psych out the rancher.
2007
Russell Crowe
actor
All the King's Men

Based on the Robert Penn Warren novel. The life of populist Southerner Willie Stark, a political creature loosely based on Governor Huey Long of Louisiana.
2006
Steven Zaillian
writer
American Gangster
In 1970s America, a detective works to bring down the drug empire of Frank Lucas, a heroin kingpin from Manhattan, who is smuggling the drug into the country from the Far East.
2007
Chiwetel Ejiofor
actor
Denzel Washington
actor
Josh Brolin
actor
Mark Jacobson
writer
Ridley Scott
director
Russell Crowe
actor
Steven Zaillian
writer
Redbelt

A fateful event leads to a job in the film business for top mixed-martial arts instructor Mike Terry. Though he refuses to participate in prize bouts, circumstances conspire to force him to consider entering such a competition.
2008
Chiwetel Ejiofor
actor
The Taking of Pelham 123

Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.
2009
Denzel Washington
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
Josh Brolin
actor
Love Ranch

A drama centered around a married couple who opened the first legal brothel in Nevada.
2010
Mark Jacobson
writer
Body of Lies

A CIA agent on the ground in Jordan hunts down a powerful terrorist leader while being caught between the unclear intentions of his American supervisors and Jordan Intelligence.
2008
Ridley Scott
director
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
Steven Zaillian
writer