 The Black Dahlia 2006  R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Brian De Palma
Cast: Josh Hartnett, Aaron Eckhart, Scarlett Johansson, Hilary Swank, Mia Kirshner, Fiona Shaw, Mike Starr, Patrick Fischler, James Otis, John Kavanagh, Troy Evans, Pepe Serna, Angus MacInnes, Rachel Miner
Based on James Ellroy's novel about a real-life Los Angeles murder case when Elizabeth Short (Mia Kirshner) was brutally murdered and grotesquely mutilated, this film is fiction but uses details from the still unsolved 1947 case. Ex-boxers, now LAPD detectives Bucky Bleichert (Josh Hartnett) and Lee Blanchard (Aaron Eckhart) investigate the murder in their unique ways. Bucky dumps girlfriend Kay Lake (Scarlett Johansson) when he comes under the spell of the beautiful bisexual, Madeleine (Hilary Swank), who, it turns out, once slept with Elizabeth. Then there are the drugs and police corruption that enter the picture in this difficult case.
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 The Core 2003  PG-13, 133 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Jon Amiel
Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Delroy Lindo, Stanley Tucci, DJ Qualls, Tcheky Karyo, Richard Jenkins, Alfre Woodard, Bruce Greenwood, Dion Johnstone, Nicole Leroux, Christopher Shyer, Ray Galletti, Eileen Pedde, Glenn Morshower
Geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes (Aaron Eckhart) discovers that the electromagnetic forces within the Earth's core are collapsing. In an attempt to solve the problem, the Department of Defense sends Keyes and his team of gifted scientists aboard a subterranean craft piloted by "terranauts" Commander Robert Iverson (Bruce Greenwood) and Major Rebecca Childs (Hilary Swank). Their mission is to burrow beneath the Earth's surface to set off a nuclear device that will jump-start the core.
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The Dark Knight 2008  PG-13, 152 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Monique Curnen, Ron Dean, Cillian Murphy, Chin Han, Nestor Carbonell, Eric Roberts, Ritchie Coster, Anthony Michael Hall
In this sequel to "Batman Begins," millionaire Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) is still leading his double life as the crusader Batman who is determined to rid Gotham City of organized crime. Batman and his ally, police Lt. James Gordon (Gary Oldman), work with District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), but the psychopathic "Joker" (Heath Ledger) is playing a deadly game with Batman through which he is throwing the city into chaos. The Joker excels at demolishing any and everything in his path and stops at nothing–including a hospital. Just how far will Batman go to stop this dangerous criminal, and how far will The Joker go in his efforts to get rid of Batman? Ledger died of an accidental prescription drug overdose before the film was released. The film won two Academy Awards, including Best Actor (Ledger), and four other Academy Award nominations were received.
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 Erin Brockovich 2000  R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, Aaron Eckhart, Marg Helgenberger, Cherry Jones, Peter Coyote, Veanne Cox, Conchata Ferrell, Tracey Walter, Jamie Harrold, David Brisbin, Dawn Didawick, Valente Rodriguez, George Rocky Sullivan, Pat Skipper
Twice-divorced and mother of three, Erin Brockovich (Julia Roberts) talks her way into a job at a law office and is given a job by Ed Masry (Albert Finney). While filing records, she notes a case that interests her and initiates her own investigation. The result is a conviction of Pacific Gas and Electric for pollution that caused widespread sickness. Based on a true story, there are good performances by all. Julia Roberts won an Oscar for Best Actress; nominations included Best Picture, Director Steven Soderbergh (who received an Oscar that year for "Traffic"), and Supporting Actor (Albert Finney, with his fifth nomination).
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 In the Company of Men 1997 R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Neil LaBute
Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Stacy Edwards, Matt Malloy, Michael Martin, Mark Rector, Chris Hayes, Emily Cline, Jason Dixie, Roxanne Butler, Jasen Savage
To make up for their unsuccessful romances in the past, two young businessmen, Chad (Aaron Eckhart) and Howard (Matt Malloy), plot to sexually exploit–and then dump–a beautiful young woman. A secretary in their office, Christine (Stacy Edwards), becomes the victim of their ignoble quest.
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Love Happens 2009  PG-13, 109 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Brandon Camp
Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Jennifer Aniston, Dan Fogler, John Carroll Lynch, Martin Sheen, Judy Greer, Frances Conroy, Joe Anderson, Sasha Alexander, Clyde Kusatsu, Michelle Harrison, Michael Kopsa, Anne Marie DeLuise, Tyler McClendon, Panou
Dr. Burke Ryan (Aaron Eckhart) is a widower who has written a self-help book but is still having problems dealing with his own pain over the death of his wife three years ago. While teaching a seminar in Seattle, Burke meets and falls in love with Eloise Chandler (Jennifer Aniston) who has sworn off of men and is spending most of her time working in her floral business. Burke and Eloise have not met at the right time for either of them, but Jennifer makes Burke realize that he has not faced up to the loss of his wife–and, maybe in this case, love happens.
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 The Missing 2003 R, 138 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure / Thriller / Western
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett, Evan Rachel Wood, Eric Schweig, Jenna Boyd, Aaron Eckhart, Val Kilmer, Sergio Calderon, Jay Tavare, Steve Reevis, Rance Howard, Simon Baker
In 1885, Samuel (Tommy Lee Jones) returns to his home in New Mexico after a 20-year absence and finds that his daughter, Maggie (Cate Blanchett), needs him to track down Army deserters–led by an Aztec mystic, Chidin (Eric Schweig)–who have kidnapped Maggie's daughter. Father and daughter unite as they pursue Chidin in hopes of finding the young girl before she is sold to a prostitution ring across the border in Mexico.
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Molly 1999 PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Duigan
Cast: Elisabeth Shue, Aaron Eckhart, Jill Hennessy, Thomas Jane, D.W. Moffett, Elizabeth Mitchell, Robert Harper, Elaine Hendrix, Michael Paul Chan, Lucy Liu
Molly (Elisabeth Shue) is an autistic woman who goes to live with her brother, Buck (Aaron Eckhart). When the chance for an experimental operation beckons, Buck encourages Molly to go for it. Her life changes forever.
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No Reservations 2007 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Scott Hicks
Cast: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Aaron Eckhart, Abigail Breslin, Patricia Clarkson, Jenny Wade, Bob Balaban, Brian F. O'Byrne, Lily Rabe, Eric Silver, Arija Bareikis, John McMartin, Celia Weston, Zoe Kravitz, Matthew Rauch, Dearbhla Molloy
In this remake of the 2002 German film "Mostly Martha," Catherine Zeta-Jones takes on the role of control-freak, New York City chef Kate Armstrong whose only friends appear to be her therapist (Bob Balaban) and the restaurant owner Paula (Patricia Clarkson). Things change after Kate's sister is killed in a car accident, and Kate's adolescent niece Zoe (Abigail Breslin) moves in with her. Kate is forced to take a brief time off to cope with the situation. When she returns to work, she clashes with the new, free-spirited chef Nick (Aaron Eckhart), but he gets along well with Zoe who spends her evenings in the restaurant kitchen. And, it isn't long before the opposite personalities of Kate and Nick turn into attractions for each other.
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 Nurse Betty 2000 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance / Thriller
Director: Neil LaBute
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Renee Zellweger, Chris Rock, Greg Kinnear, Aaron Eckhart, Tia Texada, Crispin Glover, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Allison Janney, Kathleen Wilhoite, Elizabeth Mitchell, Susan Barnes, Laird Macintosh, Sung Hi Lee, Harriet Sansom Harris
Two romantic fantasies evolve after Betty (Renee Zellweger) witnesses hit men Charlie (Morgan Freeman) and Wesley (Chris Rock) murder her no-good husband Del (Aaron Eckhart). Betty blocks out all memory of the trauma, climbs into her Buick, and plans to meet the man of her dreams: Dr. David Ravell (Greg Kinnear)–a soap opera character she imagines, in her muddled state, to be her long lost lover. Unknown to Betty, that Buick just happens to contain the drugs that Del stole from Charlie and Wesley. Hence, those two are in hot pursuit. Along the route–the Grand Canyon, to be precise–Charlie begins to fantasize about a romance with Betty. Once in L.A., Betty is mistaken for an ambitious actress, and the fun begins.
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 Paycheck 2003 PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Thriller / Mystery
Director: John Woo
Cast: Ben Affleck, Aaron Eckhart, Uma Thurman, Paul Giamatti, Colm Feore, Joe Morton, Michael C. Hall, Peter Friedman, Kathryn Morris, Ivana Milicevic, John Cassini, Fulvio Cecere, Christopher Kennedy, Callum Keith Rennie, Michelle Harrison
Reverse engineer Michael Jennings (Ben Affleck) disassembles cutting-edge technology in order to improve on it for the competition. He wakes up one day with no recollection of the past two years because his memory has been erased so he cannot expose his employers. Worse yet, it appears that those employers are out to kill him, and Jennings must put together pieces of a puzzle to save his own life.
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The Pledge 2001 R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sean Penn
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Robin Wright Penn, Sam Shepard, Aaron Eckhart, Vanessa Redgrave, Michael O'Keefe, Benicio Del Toro, Harry Dean Stanton, Helen Mirren, Pauline Roberts
Detective Jerry Black (Jack Nicholson) makes a pledge to the parents of an eight-year-old murder victim that he will track down her killer. Although a suspect (Benicio Del Toro) has been arrested, as his investigation proceeds, Jerry begins to suspect the work of a serial killer. Preparing his trap for the killer, Jerry buys a gas station/convenience store near the towns where other murders have occurred. He also meets young Chrissy (Pauline Roberts) and falls in love with Chrissy's mom (Robin Wright Penn). Will Jerry's obsession with solving the crimes allow him to set up Chrissy as a potential victim?
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 Possession 2002 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Neil LaBute
Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Aaron Eckhart, Jeremy Northam, Jennifer Ehle, Lena Headey, Holly Aird, Toby Stephens, Trevor Eve, Tom Hickey, Georgia Mackenzie, Tom Hollander
Maud Bailey (Gwyneth Paltrow) and Roland Michell (Aaron Eckhart) uncover evidence of a secret love affair enjoyed years ago by two Victorian poets and, in the process of their investigation, find themselves falling in love.
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 Suspect Zero 2004 R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: E. Elias Merhige
Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Ben Kingsley, Carrie-Anne Moss, Harry Lennix, Kevin Chamberlin, Julian Reyes, Keith Campbell, Chloe Russell, Ellen Blake, William B. Johnson, Jerry Gardner, Nicole DeHuff, Daniel Patrick Moriarty, Curtis Plagge, William Mapother
A serial killer is murdering other serial killers. When FBI agents Thomas Mackelway and Fran Kulok (Aaron Eckhart and Carrie-Anne Moss) investigate, clues appear to lead in the direction of former FBI agent Benjamin O'Ryan (Ben Kingsley).
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 Thank You for Smoking 2006 R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Jason Reitman
Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Maria Bello, Cameron Bright, Adam Brody, Sam Elliott, Katie Holmes, David Koechner, William H. Macy, Rob Lowe, J.K. Simmons, Robert Duvall, Kim Dickens, Todd Louiso
In this satire, Nick Naylor (Aaron Eckhart) is a spokesperson for Big Tobacco whose lobbying for smoking rights in public conflicts with his efforts to be a role model at home for his 12-year-old son, Joey (Cameron Bright).
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| 1. The Black Dahlia (2006)
2. The Core (2003)
3. The Dark Knight (2008)
4. Erin Brockovich (2000)
5. In the Company of Men (1997)
6. Love Happens (2009)
7. The Missing (2003)
8. Molly (1999)
9. No Reservations (2007)
10. Nurse Betty (2000)
11. Paycheck (2003)
12. The Pledge (2001)
13. Possession (2002)
14. Suspect Zero (2004)
15. Thank You for Smoking (2006)
16. Your Friends & Neighbors (1998)
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