1999 1998  R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Nick Davis
Cast: Dan Futterman, Jennifer Garner, Matt McGrath, Buck Henry, Sandrine Holt, Amanda Peet, Steven Wright, Margaret Devine, Daniel Lapaine, Leonid Uscher, David Gelb, David Porter, Bray Poor, Zandy Hartig, Timothy Olyphant
In this dark comedy, a group of New Yorkers gather at Andrew Goldman's (Matt McGrath) Greenwich Village apartment on New Year's Eve to greet the year 2000. One of the guests, Rufus King (Dan Futterman), prepares to dump his girlfriend Annabell (Jennifer Garner) in favor of Nicole (Amanda Peet). As the evening progresses, Andrew fights with his father Harold (Buck Henry), and all the guests reflect on their own lives and what may lie ahead in the new millennium.
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2012 2009  PG-13, 158 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Roland Emmerich
Cast: John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Danny Glover, Amanda Peet, Thandie Newton, Oliver Platt, Thomas McCarthy, Woody Harrelson, Zlatko Buric, Beatrice Rosen, Johann Urb, George Segal, Chin Han, Stephen McHattie, Jimi Mistry
According to the Mayan calendar, Earth will come to an end on December 21, 2012. Scientist Adrian Helmsley (Chiwetel Ejiofor) warns U.S. President Wilson (Danny Glover) that the end of the world is coming. The date arrives, and catastrophes ensue. An earthquake causes Los Angeles to erupt, Las Vegas is demolished, and a volcano destroys Yellowstone National Park. Those disasters are combined with more devastation taking place all over Earth. Meanwhile, Jackson Curtis' (John Cusack) plans to connect with his children at Yellowstone include a harrowing plane ride to Yellowstone where he meets crazy Charlie (Woody Harrelson) who has a map leading to space arks hidden by the government for use if the Mayan prediction proves true.
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Battle for Terra 2009 PG, 85 min.
Genre: Animation / Sci-Fi / Adventure
aka: Terra
Cast: Evan Rachel Wood, Luke Wilson, Brian Cox, James Garner, Chris Evans, Dennis Quaid, Justin Long, Amanda Peet, David Cross, Danny Glover, Rosanna Arquette, Beverly D'Angelo, Mark Hamill, Ron Perlman, Danny Trejo
In this 3-D animated adventure, young Mala (voice of Evan Rachel Wood) is enjoying life on her peaceful, gravity-defying planet Terra when humans from Earth, led by the evil General Hammer (voice of Brian Cox), invade Terra and kidnap Mala's father Roven (voice of Dennis Quaid). Mala captures Earth pilot Jim (voice of Luke Wilson) after he crash lands and nurses him back to health. She learns from Jim that the humans who have invaded Terra are the last of their species and that they have exhausted Earth's resources. Jim and Mala form a friendship, and, as they set out to rescue Mala's father, they realize that the inhabitants of Earth and Terra are not really different from each other. They may now hold the key to helping them coexist.
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Body Shots 1999 R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Cristofer
Cast: Sean Patrick Flanery, Jerry O'Connell, Amanda Peet, Tara Reid, Ron Livingston, Emily Procter, Brad Rowe, Sybil Temchen, Larry Joshua, Adina Porter
Dating practices among eight shallow, young L.A. professionals are revealed in this tasteless rendition of modern-day sexual encounters.
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 Changing Lanes 2002  R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Roger Michell
Cast: Ben Affleck, Samuel L. Jackson, Toni Collette, Sydney Pollack, Amanda Peet, Tina Sloan, Kim Staunton, William Hurt, Richard Jenkins, Dylan Baker, Akil Walker, Cole Hawkins, Ileen Getz, Jennifer Dundas, Matt Malloy
Road rage escalates to new heights between a Wall Street lawyer, Gavin Banek (Ben Affleck), and recovering alcoholic Doyle Gipson (Samuel L. Jackson) who is fighting a bitter custody battle with his estranged wife Valerie (Kim Staunton). When their cars sideswipe on FDR Drive in Manhattan, the accident sets off a chain of events that becomes more and more dangerous.
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The Ex 2007 PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Jesse Peretz
Cast: Zach Braff, Amanda Peet, Jason Bateman, Donal Logue, Charles Grodin, Mia Farrow, Lucian Maisel, Amy Poehler, Fred Armisen, Bob Stephenson, Yafit Hallely, Josh Charles, Marin Hinkle, Yul Vazquez, Paul Rudd
Tom Reilly (Zach Braff) is a chef in Manhattan who fights with his boss (Paul Rudd) and is fired. Needing money, Tom moves with his pregnant wife Sofia (Amanda Peet) to her hometown where his father-in-law (Charles Grodin) gives him a job at his advertising agency. Tom's new manager is a wheelchair-bound paraplegic, Chip (Jason Bateman), who just happens to be Sofia's high-school boyfriend. To make matters worse, Tom is sure that Chip is scheming to get Sofia back. In an effort to clear the air, Tom sets out to prove that Chip's disability is not for real, and many problems rise to the fore in the process.
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High Crimes 2002  PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Carl Franklin
Cast: Ashley Judd, Morgan Freeman, James Caviezel, Adam Scott, Amanda Peet, Bruce Davison, Tom Bower, Juan Carlos Hernandez, Michael Gaston, Jude Ciccolella, Michael Shannon, Dendrie Taylor, Paula Jai Parker, John Billingsley, Emilio Rivera
Attorney Claire Kubik (Ashley Judd) teams up with military lawyer Lt. Terrence Embry (Adam Scott) and civilian attorney Charles W. Grimes (Morgan Freeman) after her ex-USMC husband Tom(James Caviezel) is arrested and charged with murder for war crimes he supposedly committed while serving in El Salvador many years earlier.
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 Identity 2003 R, 90 min.
Genre: Mystery / Horror / Thriller
Director: James Mangold
Cast: John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet, John Hawkes, Alfred Molina, Clea DuVall, Rebecca De Mornay, John C. McGinley, William Lee Scott, Jake Busey, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Leila Kenzle, Carmen Argenziano, Marshall Bell, Matt Letscher
Travelers–limo driver Ed (John Cusack), prostitute Paris (Amanda Peet), actress Caroline (Rebecca De Mornay), police officer Rhodes (Ray Liotta) and his prisoner Robert Maine (Jake Busey), newlyweds Lou and Ginny (William Lee Scott and Clea DuVall), and married couple George and Alice (John McGinley and Leila Kenzle)–seek refuge from a storm in a seedy hotel run by Larry (John Hawkes). But safety is short-lived as they discover that they are being killed off–one by one.
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Igby Goes Down 2002 R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Burr Steers
Cast: Kieran Culkin, Claire Danes, Susan Sarandon, Jeff Goldblum, Ryan Phillippe, Bill Pullman, Amanda Peet, Jared Harris, Rory Culkin, Kathleen Gati, Peter Anthony Tambakis, Bill Irwin, Celia Weston, Elizabeth Jagger, Gannon Forrester
Raised by schizophrenic father Jason (Bill Pullman) and self-absorbed mother Mimi (Susan Sarandon), 17-year-old Jason "Igby" Slocumb Jr. (Kieran Culkin) has problems coping. He is foisted off on his godfather, D.H. Baines (Jeff Goldblum), who decides Igby will spend weekdays in NYC and weekends in the Hamptons. But events don't proceed as planned in this dark comedy about the problems Igby faces growing up as a member of a wealthy, East Coast family.
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Isn't She Great 2000  R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Andrew Bergman
Cast: Bette Midler, Nathan Lane, Stockard Channing, David Hyde Pierce, John Cleese, John Larroquette, Amanda Peet, Dina Waters, Paul Benedict
Bette Midler plays romance-novelist Jacqueline Susann, and Nathan Lane takes on the role of Susann's husband, Irving Mansfield, in this shallow rendering of the triumphs and tragedies of the ambitious Jacqueline Susann's life–cut short by cancer.
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A Lot Like Love 2005 PG-13, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Nigel Cole
Cast: Amanda Peet, Ashton Kutcher, Taryn Manning, Aimee Garcia, Lee Garlington, Birdie M. Hale, Tyrone Giordano, Melissa van der Schyff, Theresa Spruill, James Read, Molly Cheek, Gabriel Mann
For seven years after their first meeting on a plane, Emily and Oliver (Amanda Peet and Ashton Kutcher) experience chance meetings–usually at the wrong place and time–until one final moment when love, at last, conquers all.
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Martian Child 2007 PG, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Menno Meyjes
Cast: John Cusack, Bobby Coleman, Amanda Peet, Sophie Okonedo, Joan Cusack, Anjelica Huston, Oliver Platt, Richard Schiff, Taya Calicetto, David Kaye, Braxton Bonneville, Samuel Charles, Howard Hesseman, Carmen Moore
Sci-fi writer David Gordon (John Cusack) is a widower who decides to continue plans he and his wife had made to adopt a child. Six-year-old Dennis (Bobby Coleman) moves in with David, and the adoption process begins. But, there is a problem: Dennis believes he is from Mars, and both David and his sister Liz (Cusack's real-life sister Joan Cusack) begin to suspect that Dennis may be telling the truth. Dennis speaks Martian and, among other things, can make "Martian Wishes" that make baseball players hit home runs, and can even make stoplights change color. David goes along with what Dennis says and does and, in the process, becomes a better man.
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Melinda and Melinda 2004 PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Radha Mitchell, Will Ferrell, Chloe Sevigny, Jonny Lee Miller, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Brooke Smith, Zak Orth, Amanda Peet, Wallace Shawn, Larry Pine, Josh Brolin, Daniel Sunjata
As the film skips between the two versions, playwrights Max (Larry Pine) and Sy (Wallace Shawn) take different approaches–one comedy, one tragedy–in telling the story of Melinda (Radha Mitchell) and her efforts to straighten out her life.
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Saving Silverman 2001 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Dennis Dugan
Cast: Steve Zahn, Jack Black, Jason Biggs, Amanda Peet, Amanda Detmer, R. Lee Ermey, Neil Diamond, Kyle Gass, Norman Armour, Colin Foo, Max Fomitchev, Tony Parsons, Chris Logan, Esme Lambert, Brett Armstrong
Darren Silverman (Jason Biggs) is headed to the altar, but his possessive bride-to-be, Judith (Amanda Peet), is interfering with Darren's long-standing friendships with Wayne (Steve Zahn) and J.D. (Jack Black). What next? Why, Wayne and J.D. kidnap Judith, fake her death, and set up a past love (Amanda Detmer) to appear on the scene.
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She's the One 1996 R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Edward Burns
Cast: Edward Burns, Maxine Bahns, Cameron Diaz, Mike McGlone, John Mahoney, Jennifer Aniston, Malachy McCourt, Leslie Mann, Amanda Peet, Anita Gillette, Frank Vincent, Robert Weil, Tom Tammi, Beatrice Winde, Eugene Osborne Smith
Irish brothers Mickey (Edward Burns) and Francis (Mike McGlone) along with their father (John Mahoney) have problems in relationships with women. Mickey, for example, meets and marries Hope (Maxine Bahns)–all within 24 hours. What Hope failed to tell Mickey is that she expects him to follow her to Paris where she plans to attend the Sorbonne. This film won the Grand Jury Prize at the 1995 Sundance Film Festival.
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Simply Irresistible 1999 PG-13, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mark Tarlov
Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Sean Patrick Flanery, Patricia Clarkson, Dylan Baker, Christopher Durang, Larry Gilliard Jr., Betty Buckley, Amanda Peet, Anthony Ruivivar, Olek Krupa
In this Cinderella story, Amanda Shelton (Sarah Michelle Gellar) inherits a restaurant and finds she also has come upon magical powers served through her food. Customers' personalities change for the better after eating her fare as is shown when her "Prince Charming," department store owner (Sean Patrick Flanery), dines at her restaurant and finds his life changed forever.
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 Something's Gotta Give 2003 PG-13, 128 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Nancy Meyers
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton, Frances McDormand, Keanu Reeves, Amanda Peet, Jon Favreau, Paul Michael Glaser, Rachel Ticotin, Marjie Gum, KaDee Strickland, Jennifer Siebel, John H. Tobin
Aging playboy Harry Sanborn (Jack Nicholson) actively pursues younger women. But, that changes when he suffers a heart attack while visiting his young girlfriend (Amanda Peet) at her mother Erica's (Diane Keaton) home. Chemistry develops between Harry and Erica, and the young doctor (Keanu Reeves) treating him also takes a romantic interest in Erica. Good moments in this one. Diane Keaton was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar.
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Southie 1998 R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Shea
Cast: Donnie Wahlberg, Rose McGowan, Anne Meara, Jimmy Cummings, Amanda Peet, Will Arnett, Lawrence Tierney, John Shea, Steven Kozlowski, Robert Wahlberg
Danny Quinn (Donnie Wahlberg) comes home to South Boston and faces reality as he finds himself pulled between one Mafia group and another in his tough neighborhood.
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 Syriana 2005 R, 126 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Stephen Gaghan
Cast: George Clooney, Jeffrey Wright, Matt Damon, Chris Cooper, William Hurt, Alexander Siddig, Christopher Plummer, Amanda Peet, Max Minghella, Jamey Sheridan, Thomas McCarthy, Tim Blake Nelson
In this political thriller set in the multi-nation world of the oil industry, CIA operative Bob Barnes (George Clooney) uncovers disturbing facts while keeping track of a Persian Gulf prince (Alexander Siddig) and his new financial advisor (Matt Damon). George Clooney won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, and the film received a nomination for Best Writing.
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Two Ninas 1999 R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Neil Turitz
Cast: Amanda Peet, Cara Buono, Ron Livingston, Bray Poor, Linda Larkin, Jill Hennessy, John Rothman, Fred Norris, Mauro Maccione, Allison Furman
A love triangle blooms when Marty (Ron Livingston), an aspiring writer, meets not one but two beautiful women named Nina (Cara Buono and Amanda Peet). Marty's life takes on numerous complications as he dates both unsuspecting women at the same time.
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Whipped 2000  R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter M. Cohen
Cast: Amanda Peet, Brian Van Holt, Judah Domke, Zorie Barber, Jonathan Abrahams, Callie Thorne, David J. Cohen, Dave Heyman, George Song, Bo Bazylevsky
Friends from college days–Brad (Brian Van Holt), Jonathan (Jonathan Abrahams), and Zeke (Zorie Barber)–meet weekly for Sunday breakfast where they relate their sexual exploits to the great enjoyment of their married friend, Eric (Judah Domke). Enter Mia (Amanda Peet), a woman they all pick up and who is conniving enough to talk them into dating her on alternate nights. Amorality and seduction prevail in this foul flick.
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 The Whole Nine Yards 2000 R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Jonathan Lynn
Cast: Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Rosanna Arquette, Michael Clarke Duncan, Natasha Henstridge, Amanda Peet, Kevin Pollak, Harland Williams, Carmen Ferland, Serge Christianssens, Renee Madeline Le Guerrier, Howard Bilerman, Jean-Guy Bouchard, Johnny Goar, Deano Clavet
Dr. "Oz" Ozeransky (Matthew Perry) is a meek dentist who becomes friends with Chicago mob hit man Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudeski (Bruce Willis) soon after Tudeski moves into Oz's suburban Montreal neighborhood following his release from prison. But, when Oz's wife Sophie (Roseanna Arquette) forces Oz to go to Chicago and sell Tudeski's location to the dangerous crime family that Tudeski had betrayed, Oz ends up on the hit list.
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 The Whole Ten Yards 2004 PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Howard Deutch
Cast: Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Amanda Peet, Kevin Pollak, Natasha Henstridge, Frank Collison, Johnny Messner, Silas Weir Mitchell, Tasha Smith, Elisa Gallay, Tallulah Belle Willis, Johnny Williams
Jimmy "The Tulip" (Bruce Willis) was a famed hit man in "The Whole Nine Yards," but now in this next offering he is more than content to play house husband, cooking and cleaning for his new wife, Jill (Amanda Peet). But things change when Jimmy learns that his friend Oz's (Matthew Perry) wife Cynthia (Natasha Henstridge) has been kidnapped by a Hungarian mob kingpin, Lazlo (Kevin Pollak). Jimmy and Jill get involved in a rescue beset with more than one betrayal.
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The X-Files: I Want to Believe 2008 PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Chris Carter
Cast: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Amanda Peet, Billy Connolly, Xzibit, Callum Keith Rennie, Adam Godley, Alex Diakun, Nicki Aycox, Fagin Woodcock, Marco Niccoli, Carrie Ruscheinsky, Spencer Maybee, Veronika Hadrava, Denis Krasnogolov
In this second film based on the popular, award-winning television series, top-secret agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) have left the FBI but are called back. FBI Agent Dakota Whitney (Amanda Peet) is working on a case involving a missing female FBI agent and needs their help. A priest, Father Joseph Crissman (Billy Connelly), claims that he has been having visions about the disappearance and leads them to an arm buried in the snow. Now, the subject of ESP divides those working on the case as some agents begin to question whether or not Crissman has a connection to the case that he is keeping hidden.
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| 1. 1999 (1998)
2. 2012 (2009)
3. Battle for Terra (2009)
aka: Terra
4. Body Shots (1999)
5. Changing Lanes (2002)
6. The Ex (2007)
7. High Crimes (2002)
8. Identity (2003)
9. Igby Goes Down (2002)
10. Isn't She Great (2000)
11. A Lot Like Love (2005)
12. Martian Child (2007)
13. Melinda and Melinda (2004)
14. Saving Silverman (2001)
15. She's the One (1996)
16. Simply Irresistible (1999)
17. Something's Gotta Give (2003)
18. Southie (1998)
19. Syriana (2005)
20. Two Ninas (1999)
21. Whipped (2000)
22. The Whole Nine Yards (2000)
23. The Whole Ten Yards (2004)
24. The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
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