The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (
2013) | IMDb:
5.9
After breaking up with his longtime stage partner, a famous but jaded Vegas magician fights for relevance when a new, "hip" street magician appears on the scene.
Not Fade Away (
2012) | IMDb:
6
Set in suburban New Jersey in the 1960s, a group of friends form a rock band and try to make it big.
Starring:
John Magaro
,
James Gandolfini
,
Bella Heathcote
,
Jack Huston
,
Will Brill
,
Dominique McElligott
Zero Dark Thirty (
2012) | IMDb:
7.4
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.
Starring:
Jessica Chastain
,
Jason Clarke
,
Kyle Chandler
,
Jennifer Ehle
,
Mark Strong
,
Joel Edgerton
Where the Wild Things Are (
2009) | IMDb:
6.7
Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts—Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander—crown him as their king, play rumpus, build forts and discover secret hideaways.
Starring:
Max Records
,
Catherine Keener
,
James Gandolfini
,
Lauren Ambrose
,
Catherine O'Hara
,
Forest Whitaker
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (
2009) | IMDb:
6.4
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.
Starring:
Denzel Washington
,
John Travolta
,
John Turturro
,
Luis Guzmán
,
James Gandolfini
,
Michael Rispoli
All the King's Men (
2006) | IMDb:
6.1
The story of an idealist's rise to power in the world of Louisiana politics and the corruption that leads to his ultimate downfall. Based on the 1946 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel written by Robert Penn Warren, loosely based on the story of real-life politician Huey Long.
Starring:
Sean Penn
,
Jude Law
,
Kate Winslet
,
James Gandolfini
,
Patricia Clarkson
,
Anthony Hopkins
Surviving Christmas (
2004) | IMDb:
5.4
Drew Latham is an executive leading an empty, shallow life with only wealth on his side. Facing another lonely Christmas ahead, he revisits his old childhood home in the hope of reliving some old holiday memories – but he finds that the house in which he was raised is no longer the home in which he grew up.
Starring:
Ben Affleck
,
James Gandolfini
,
Christina Applegate
,
Catherine O'Hara
,
Josh Zuckerman
,
Bill Macy
Directed by:
Mike Mitchell
The Man Who Wasn't There (
2001) | IMDb:
7.5
A tale of murder, crime and punishment set in the summer of 1949. Ed Crane, a barber in a small California town, is dissatisfied with his life, but his wife Doris' infidelity and a mysterious opportunity presents him with a chance to change it.
Starring:
Billy Bob Thornton
,
Frances McDormand
,
Michael Badalucco
,
James Gandolfini
,
Katherine Borowitz
,
Jon Polito
The Last Castle (
2001) | IMDb:
6.9
A court-martialed general rallies together 1200 inmates to rise against the system that put him away.
Starring:
Robert Redford
,
James Gandolfini
,
Mark Ruffalo
,
Delroy Lindo
,
Clifton Collins Jr.
,
Robin Wright
The Mexican (
2001) | IMDb:
6.1
Jerry Welbach, a reluctant bagman, has been given two ultimatums: The first is from his mob boss to travel to Mexico and retrieve a priceless antique pistol, known as "the Mexican"... or suffer the consequences. The second is from his girlfriend Samantha to end his association with the mob. Jerry figures alive and in trouble with Samantha is better than the more permanent alternative, so he heads south of the border.
Starring:
Brad Pitt
,
Julia Roberts
,
James Gandolfini
,
J.K. Simmons
,
David Krumholtz
,
Bob Balaban
8MM (
1999) | IMDb:
6.6
A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his work turns into obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife, family and simple life as a small-town PI.
Starring:
Nicolas Cage
,
Joaquin Phoenix
,
James Gandolfini
,
Peter Stormare
,
Anthony Heald
,
Chris Bauer
A Civil Action (
1998) | IMDb:
6.6
Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out to 'get rid of' a case, only to find out it is potentially worth millions. The case becomes his obsession, to the extent that he is willing to give up everything—including his career and his clients' goals—in order to continue the case against all odds.
Starring:
John Travolta
,
Robert Duvall
,
Tony Shalhoub
,
William H. Macy
,
Zeljko Ivanek
,
Bruce Norris
Fallen (
1998) | IMDb:
7
Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style.
Starring:
Denzel Washington
,
John Goodman
,
Donald Sutherland
,
Embeth Davidtz
,
James Gandolfini
,
Elias Koteas
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (
1997) | IMDb:
6.6
A visiting city reporter's assignment suddenly revolves around the murder trial of a local millionaire, whom he befriends.
The Juror (
1996) | IMDb:
5.7
With his gangster boss on trial for murder, a mob thug known as "the Teacher" tells Annie Laird she must talk her fellow jurors into a not-guilty verdict, implying that he'll kill her son Oliver if she fails. She manages to do this, but, when it becomes clear that the mobsters might want to silence her for good, she sends Oliver abroad and tries to gather evidence of the plot against her, setting up a final showdown.
Starring:
Demi Moore
,
Alec Baldwin
,
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
,
Anne Heche
,
James Gandolfini
,
Lindsay Crouse
Get Shorty (
1995) | IMDb:
6.9
Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent by his boss, the psychopathic "Bones" Barboni, to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films. When Chili meets Harry's leading lady, the romantic sparks fly. After pitching his own life story as a movie idea, Chili learns that being a mobster and being a Hollywood producer really aren't all that different.