Some Well-Connected Movies
Bad Santa

A miserable conman and his partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. But they run into problems when the conman befriends a troubled kid, and the security boss discovers the plot.
2003
Billy Bob Thornton
actor
The Rookie

A Texas baseball coach makes the major league after agreeing to try out if his high school team made the playoffs.
2002
Dennis Quaid
actor
Flight of the Phoenix

Survivors of a plane crash in the Mongolian desert work together to build a new plane.
2004
Dennis Quaid
actor
Narc

When the trail goes cold on a murder investigation of a policeman an undercover narcotics officer is lured back to the force to help solve the case.
2002
Jason Patric
actor
The Rookie

2002
John Lee Hancock
director
Dante's Peak

A vulcanologist arrives at a countryside town recently named the second most desirable place to live in America and discovers that the long dormant volcano, Dante's Peak, may wake up at any moment.
1997
Leslie Bohem
writer
The Phantom of the Opera

A young soprano becomes the obsession of a disfigured musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opéra House. He kidnaps the soprano and forces the owners of the play to keep her as the lead role of the play.
2004
Patrick Wilson
actor
Abandon

A senior at an elite college, already under severe pressure to complete her thesis and land a prestigious job, must confront the sudden reappearance of her old boyfriend, after his two-year...
2002
Stephen Gaghan
writer
The Alamo
Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna's forces at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas.
2004
Billy Bob Thornton
actor
Dennis Quaid
actor
Jason Patric
actor
John Lee Hancock
director
John Lee Hancock
writer
Leslie Bohem
writer
Patrick Wilson
actor
Stephen Gaghan
writer
The Astronaut Farmer

A NASA astronaut (Thornton), forced to retire years earlier so he could save his family farm, has never given up his dream of space travel and looks to build his own rocket, despite the government's threats to stop him.
2006
Billy Bob Thornton
actor
In the Valley of Elah

A retired military investigator works with a police detective to uncover the truth behind his son's disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq.
2007
Jason Patric
actor
The Blind Side

The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All American football player and first round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.
2009
John Lee Hancock
writer
The Blind Side

2009
John Lee Hancock
director
Hard Candy

A teenage girl raids a man's home in order to expose him under suspicion that he is a sex offender with pedophilia.
2005
Patrick Wilson
actor
Syriana

A politically charged epic about the state of the oil industry in the hands of those personally involved and affected by it.
2005
Stephen Gaghan
writer