The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (
2008) | IMDb:
7.8
Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Daisy, a child who flits in and out of his life as she grows up to be a dancer. Though he has all sorts of unusual adventures over the course of his life, it is his relationship with Daisy, and the hope that they will come together at the right time, that drives Benjamin forward.
Starring:
Brad Pitt
,
Cate Blanchett
,
Taraji P. Henson
,
Julia Ormond
,
Jason Flemyng
,
Mahershala Ali
Death Race (
2008) | IMDb:
6.4
Terminal Island, New York: 2020. Overcrowding in the US penal system has reached a breaking point. Prisons have been turned over to a monolithic Weyland Corporation, which sees jails full of thugs as an opportunity for televised sport. Adrenalized inmates, a global audience hungry for violence and a spectacular, enclosed arena come together to form the 'Death Race', the biggest, most brutal event.
The Whole Nine Yards (
2000) | IMDb:
6.7
After a mobster agrees to cooperate with an FBI investigation in order to stay out of prison, he's relocated by the authorities to a life of suburban anonymity as part of a witness protection program. It's not long before a couple of his new neighbours figure out his true identity and come knocking to see if he'd be up for one more hit—suburban style.
Starring:
Matthew Perry
,
Bruce Willis
,
Natasha Henstridge
,
Amanda Peet
,
Michael Clarke Duncan
,
Rosanna Arquette