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Released 2016 Rating (UK) PG Source of story Real events (inspired by), and a book of the same name by Margot Lee Shetterly Writer/s script Allison Schroeder, Theodore Melfi Director Theodore Melfi Starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Mahershala Ali, Kimberly Quinn Elevator Pitch In 1961 a number of … Continue reading
Released 2014 Rating (UK) 18 (Difficult to see why) Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s script James Robert Johnson, Bennet Yellin Director John Stockwell Starring Gina Carano, Cam Gigandet, Danny Trejo, Luis Guzman Elevator Pitch A woman with a past which includes martial arts training marries well, and she and her rich husband go … Continue reading
Released 2011 Rating (UK) 18 Source of story A book by James Sallis Writer/s script Hossein Amini Director Nicholas Winding Refn Starring Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks, Oscar Isaac, Ron Perlman Elevator Pitch A young talented car driver divides his time between working as a mechanic, stunt driving and acting as a … Continue reading
Released 2003 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s script David Griffiths, Peter Griffiths, Art Monterastelli Director William Friedkin Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Benicio Del Toro, Connie Nielsen, John Finn Elevator Pitch A military assassin who we see killing a guerilla leader in Kosovo during the Balcan wars, is unable to return … Continue reading
Released 2013 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story Real events and a book by Paul Lieberman Writer/s script Will Beall Director Ruben Fleischer Starring Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Mireille Enos, Emma Stone, Nick Nolte, Anthony Mackie, Robert Patrick Elevator Pitch In 1949 Los Angeles the criminal underworld controls the city, paying off many … Continue reading
Released 2016 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s script M. Night Shyamalan Director M. Night Shyamalan Starring James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Betty Buckley, Haley Lu Richardson, Jessica Sula Elevator Pitch When a man with multiple personalities emails his shrink asking for help, and keeps visiting her without an appointment she knows … Continue reading
Released 2011 Rating (UK) 12A Source of story An original screenplay using characters from the franchise Writer/s script Chris Morgan, Gary Scott Thompson (characters) Director Justin Lin Starring Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Sung Kang, Dwayne Johnson, Elsa Pataky Elevator Pitch The gang break their leader out of a prison bus and … Continue reading
Released 2012 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s script David Guggenheim Director Daniel Espinosa Starring Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Vera Farmiga. Brendan Gleeson, Sam Shepard, Robert Patrick, Liam Cunningham Elevator Pitch A rogue CIA agent and the housekeeper of a CIA safe house in South Africa are forced to go on … Continue reading
Released 2016 Rating (UK) 12A Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s script Damien Chazelle Director Damien Chazelle Starring Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, J.K.Simons and a lot of dancers Elevator Pitch A jazz pianist, required to play stuff he dislikes to keep food in his fridge, and an aspiring actress working in a café meet, … Continue reading
Released 2013 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screen play Writer/s script Joe Ahern, John Hodge Writer/s story Joe Ahern (Who made a TV film of it in 2001) Director Danny Boyle Starring James McAvoy, Rosario Dawson, Vincent Cassell, Danny Sapani, Matt Cross Elevator Pitch A young fine art auctioneer with gambling debts … Continue reading
Released 2006 Rating (UK) 12A Source of story The previous two films, amd the original TV series written by Bruce Geller Writer/s script Alex Kurtzman, Robert Orci, J.J.Abrams Director J.J.Abrams Starring Tom Cruise, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Ving Rhames, Billy Crudup, Michelle Monaghan, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Keri Russell, Maggie Q, Simon Pegg, Eddie Marsan, Laurence Fishburne … Continue reading
Released 2007 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story Novel of the same name by Dennis Lehane Writer/s script Ben Affleck, Aaron Stockard Director Ben Affleck Starring Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, John Ashton, Amy Ryan, Amy Madigan, Elevator Pitch A couple of young private detectives in Boston are hired to find a … Continue reading
Released 2007 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s script Matthew Michael Carnahan Director Peter Berg Starring Jamie Foxx. Chris Cooper, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Ashraf Barhom, Jeremy Piven, Richard Jenkins, Kyle Chandler Elevator Pitch An American compound in Riyadh is attacked by terrorists disguised as police, and so an FBI team … Continue reading
Released 2016 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s script Taylor Sheridan Director David Mackenzie Starring Ben Foster, Chris Pine, Jeff Bridges, Gil Birmingham Elevator Pitch When oil is discovered on a ranch effectively owned by a bank because their mother, now dead, has taken out a reverse mortgage, two brothers decide … Continue reading
Released 2012 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story A graphic novel by Alexis Nolent “Du plomb dans la tête”. Writer/s script Alessandro Camon Director Walter Hill Starring Sylvester Stallone, Sung Kang, Sarah Shahi, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jason Momoa, Christian Slater Elevator Pitch In the New Orleans underworld a hitman finds himself under threat, and so must … Continue reading
Released 2014 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s script Jon Favreau Director Jon Favreau Starring Jon Favreau, John Leguizamo, Emjay Anthony, Scarlett Johansson, Dustin Hoffman, Sofia Vergana, Robert Downey Jr Elevator Pitch A renowned chef, whose marriage has failed and whose relationship with his son has been destroyed by his work, … Continue reading
Released 2011 Rating (UK) 18 Source of story A book by Stieg Larsson (One of the Millenium trilogy) and a Swedish film from 2009. Writer/s script Steven Zaillian Director David Fincher Starring Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Chrsitopher Plummer, Stellan Skarsgard, Steven Berkoff, Robin Wright, Joely Richardson, Geraldine James, Donald Sumpter Elevator Pitch A tattooed and … Continue reading
Released 2016 Rating 15 in UK Director Brad Furman Writer/s Ellen Brown Furman (The director’s mum) Starring Bryan Cranston, Juliet Aubrey, Olympia Dukasis, Amy Ryan, John Leguizamo, Jason Isaacs, Diane Kruger, Benjamin Bratt Source of story Real events described in abook by Robert Mazur Elevator Pitch In the 1980s Forida is the centre for the … Continue reading
Released 1993 Rating 18 in UK Director Phillip Noyce Writer/s Joe Eszterhas Starring Sharon Stone, William Baldwin, Tom Berenger, Polly Walker, Martin Landau Source of story Novel of the same name by Ira Levin Elevator Pitch A youngish book editor moves into an apartment in the Sliver, which has previously been occupied by a woman … Continue reading
Released 2006 Rating 15 in UK Director Martin Campbell Writer/s Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Paul Haggis Starring Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright, Giancarlo Giannini Source of story Casino Royale the novel by Ian Fleming (Apparently followed closely) Elevator Pitch Bond is on the trail of a financier who uses terrorist … Continue reading
Released 2002 Rating 15 Director Rob Cohen Writer/s Rich Wilkes Starring Vin Diesel, Asia Argentino, Samuel Jackson, Michael Roof Source of story A (not very) original screenplay Elevator Pitch An extreme sportsman who operates outside the law is recruited by the National Security Agency to penetrate a criminal gang in the Czech Republic. He is … Continue reading
Released 2014 Rating 15 in UK Director Atom Egoyan Writer/s Atom Egoyan, David Fraser Starring Kevin Durand, Rosario Dawson, Ryan Reynolds, Scott Speedman Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch The child of a landscape gardener is abducted while he goes to a diner to buy something and over a further nine years he … Continue reading
Released 2016 Rating 15 in UK Director Tom Ford Writer/s Tom Ford Starring Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon, Aaron Taylor- Johnson, Isla Fisher, Armie Hammer, Laura Linney, Michael Sheen Source of story A book “Tony and Susan” by Austin Wright (died 2003) Elevator Pitch A rich LA gallery owner, whose husband is cheating on … Continue reading
Released 1995 Rating U in UK Director Ang Lee Writer/s Emma Thompson Starring James Fleet, Tom Wilkinson, Harriet Walter, Kate Winslet, Emma Thompson, Gemma Jones, Hugh Grant, Robert Hardy, Alan Rickman, Greg Wise, Imelda Staunton, Imogen Stubbs, Hugh Laurie Source of story Book of the same name by Jane Austen Elevator Pitch When Mr Dashwood … Continue reading
Released 2014 Rating 15 in UK Director Erik Van Looy Writer/s Wesley Strick Starring Karl Urban, James Marsden, Wentworth Miller, Eric Stonestreet, Matthias Schoenaerts, isabel Lucas, Rachael Taylor, Rhona Mitra Source of story Based on a 2008 film written by Bart De Pauw Elevator Pitch Five men in raincoats stand round a bed on which … Continue reading
Released 2016 Rating 12A in UK Director Peter Berg Writer/s Matthew Michael Carnahan, Matthew Sand Starring Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, Gina Rodriguez, John Malkovich, Kate Hudson Source of story Real events and a newspaper article by David Rohde and Stephanie Saul Elevator Pitch When the new crew join the oil rig Deepwater Horizon they find … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating 15 in UK Director Simon West Writer/s William Goldman Starring Jason Statham, Dominik Garcia-Lorido, Milo Ventimiglia, Stanley Tucci Source of story A novel “Heat” and 1980s film, both by William Goldman Elevator Pitch A Las Vegas bodyguard is hired by a young internet millionaire to watch his back, at the same time … Continue reading
Released 2012 Rating 16 in UK Director Christopher McQuarrie Writer/s Christopher McQuarrie Starring Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins, David Oyelowo, Werner Herzog, Robert Duvall Source of story A book “One Shot” by Lee Child Elevator Pitch A former military sniper is arrested for the random shooting of five people on a river bank, and … Continue reading
Released 2007 Rating 12A in UK Director Lee Tamahori Writer/s Gary Goldman, Jonathan Hensleigh, Paul Bernbaum Starring Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore, Jessica Biel, Peter Falk Source of story A novel by Phillip K Dick “The Golden Man”. Elevator Pitch A small time magician working in Las Vegas can see a short time into the future, … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating 18 in UK Director Eli Roth Writer/s Eli Roth, Nicolas Lopez Starring Keanu Reeves, Lorenza Izzo, Ana de Armas Source of story A remake of “Death Game” from 1977. Elevator Pitch Two young women turn up at the door of a luxury house, inhabited by an architect whose wife and children are … Continue reading
Released 2012 Rating 18 in UK Director Andrew Dominik Writer/s Andrew Dominik Starring Brad Pitt, Scoot McNairy, Ben mendelsohn, James Gandolfini, Richard Jenkins, Ray Liotta Source of story A book by George V.Higgins Elevator Pitch After a pretty amateur stick-up of a mob financed poker game a hit man is tasked with identifying the protragonists … Continue reading
Released 2006 Rating 15 in UK Director Tom Tykwer Writer/s Andrew Birkin, Bernd Eichinger, Tom Tykwer Starring Ben Whishaw, Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Alan Rickman, John Hurt (Narrator) Source of story A book by Patrick Süskind Elevator Pitch A young man, raised in the grimy underbelly of 18th century Paris, is driven by his heightened … Continue reading
Released 2016 Rating 12A in UK Director Clint Eastwood Writer/s Todd Komarnicki Starring Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Mike O’Malley, Anna Gunn, Laura Linney Source of story Real events and book by Chelsey Sullenberger Elevator Pitch When a bird strike disables both engines of an Airbus A320 shortly after take-off from LaGuardia, the pilots have moments … Continue reading
Released 2002 Rating 18 in UK Director Danny Boyle Writer/s Alex Garland Starring Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Christopher Ecclestone, Brendan Gleeson Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch Millions of people are infected by a virus accidentally released from an animal testing laboratory, turning them into rage filled “zombies”. A few survivors head out … Continue reading
Released 2016 Rating 15 Director Rebecca Miller Writer/s Rebecca Miller Starring Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke, Julianne Moore Source of story A short story by Karen Rinaldi Elevator Pitch A young woman, whose job is to bring young enterpeneurs to notice of industry, decides to become a single mother, but at the moment she is putting … Continue reading
Released 2008 Rating 12A Director D.J.Caruso Writer/s John Glenn, Travis Wright, Hillary Seitz, Dan McDermott Starring Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Billy Bob Thornton, Rosario Dawson Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch The White House authorises a risky drone attack in the Middle-East. A new super explosive in the form of a crystal is … Continue reading
Released 2007 Rating 15 in UK Director Joe Wright Writer/s Christopher Hampton Starring Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Saoirse Ronan Source of story Book of the same name by Ian McEwan Elevator Pitch A teenager with a crush on the son of a family retainer, frustrated by his impending relationship with her older sister, points the … Continue reading
Released 2013 Rating PG in UK Director John Lee Hancock Writer/s Kelly Marcel, Sue Smith Starring Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Annie Rose Buckley, Colin Farrell Source of story Based on (as opposed to “inspired by”) real events. Elevator Pitch In 1961, with money running short PL Travis, the author of Mary Poppins, is persuaded to … Continue reading
Released 2016 Rating 15 in UK Director Tate Taylor Writer/s Erin Cressida Wilson Starring Emily Blunt, Justin Theroux Source of story Book by Paula Hawkins Elevator Pitch A divorced woman regularly takes the train between her home and central New York, passing the house where she and her former husband lived. She also sees another … Continue reading
Released 1997 Rating 15 in UK Director Mimi Leder Writer/s Michael Schiffer Starring George Clooney, Nicole Kidman, Armin Mueller-Stahl Source of story Newspaper article by Leslie and Andrew Cockburn Elevator Pitch A train crash and nuclear explosion in Russia are detected by the surveillance teams in America. A White House nuclear expert and a no … Continue reading
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