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
Adaptation. (
2002) | IMDb:
7.7
Charlie Kaufman is a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting ambitions of his freeloading twin brother Donald. While struggling to adapt "The Orchid Thief," by Susan Orlean, Kaufman's life spins from pathetic to bizarre. The lives of Kaufman, Orlean's book, become strangely intertwined as each one's search for passion collides with the others'.
High Fidelity (
2000) | IMDb:
7.4
After his long-time girlfriend dumps him, a thirty-year-old record store owner seeks to understand why he is unlucky in love while recounting his "top five breakups of all time".
The Big Kahuna (
1999) | IMDb:
6.6
Three salesmen working for a firm that makes industrial lubricants are waiting in the company's "hospitality suite" at a manufacturers' convention for a "big kahuna" named Dick Fuller to show up, in hopes they can persuade him to place an order that could salvage the company's flagging sales.
Starring:
Kevin Spacey
,
Danny DeVito
,
Peter Facinelli
,
Paul Dawson
,
Christopher Donahue
,
Ron Komora
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (
1999) | IMDb:
7.5
An African-American Mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of ancient Japan finds himself targeted for death by the mob.
Starring:
Forest Whitaker
,
John Tormey
,
Isaach De Bankolé
,
Cliff Gorman
,
Henry Silva
,
Tricia Vessey
200 Cigarettes (
1999) | IMDb:
5.9
In 1981 New York City, a collection of twentysomethings try to cope with relationships, loneliness, desire and their individual neuroses on New Years Eve.
Starring:
Ben Affleck
,
Casey Affleck
,
Dave Chappelle
,
Guillermo Díaz
,
Angela Featherstone
,
Janeane Garofalo
The Spitfire Grill (
1996) | IMDb:
7
Percy, upon being released from prison, goes to the small town of Gillead, to find a place where she can start over again. She is taken in by Hannah, to help out at her place, the Spitfire Grill. Percy brings change to the small town, stirring resentment and fear in some, and growth in others.
Starring:
Alison Elliott
,
Ellen Burstyn
,
Marcia Gay Harden
,
Will Patton
,
Kieran Mulroney
,
Gailard Sartain