 Alexander 2004  R, 175 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer, Anthony Hopkins, Rosario Dawson, Jared Leto, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Christopher Plummer, David Bedella, Jessie Kamm, Brian Blessed, Connor Paolo
Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.), King of Macedonia (Colin Farrell), conquered most of the world before he was 25 years of age. This epic covers his eight years of battles as he led his army against the mighty Persian Empire.
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 American Psycho 2000  R, 101 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Mary Harron
Cast: Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Reese Witherspoon, Samantha Mathis, Chloe Sevigny, Justin Theroux, Josh Lucas, Bill Sage, Matt Ross
Bret Easton Ellis' 1991 satirical novel about the lack of morality on Wall Street in the 1980s features Christian Bale as the young Yuppie who goes to work and, apparently, does nothing but watch TV, make dinner reservations, and listen to pop ballads. It is the nighttime scene at which he excels: macabre acts of sex, violence, and murder.
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Basil 1998  R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Radha Bharadwaj
Cast: Christian Slater, Jared Leto, Claire Forlani, Jack Wild, Derek Jacobi, Crispin Bonham-Carter, Christopher Owen
Basil (Jared Leto) is a young, British aristocrat around 1900 who has spent his short life being chastised by an overbearing father and coddled by his doting mother. Now an Oxford student, Basil meets a commoner, John Mannion (Christian Slater), who introduces him to the beautiful, but selfish, Julia Sherwin (Claire Forlani). Trouble looms.
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 Black and White 1999  R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Toback
Cast: Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., Bijou Phillips, Claudia Schiffer, Brooke Shields, Scott Caan, Jared Leto, Elijah Wood, Oliver "Power" Grant, Gaby Hoffmann
Black and White Americans have more than a few problems interacting when White kids and the hip-hop culture collide.
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Cool and the Crazy 1994  R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ralph Bakshi
Cast: Alicia Silverstone, Jared Leto, Jennifer Blanc, Matthew Flint, John Hawkes, John Kapelos, Christine Harnos, Bradford Tatum, Tuesday Knight, Christian Frizzell
Once high-school sweethearts, Michael (Jared Leto) and Roslyn (Alicia Silverstone) are now married and have a family. But life is not fun, so Joannie (Jennifer Blanc) talks the bored Roslyn into having an affair with a man of excitement. Speaking of boring... Made for TV.
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 Fight Club 1999  R, 139 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: David Fincher
Cast: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf, Jared Leto, Zach Grenier, Van Quattro, Markus Redmond, Paul Dillon, Peter Iacangelo, Richmond Arquette, David Andrews, Rachel Singer, Tim De Zarn, Ezra Buzzington
The "Narrator" (Edward Norton) is a lonely man who has trouble sleeping and feels alienated from those around him. When he meets Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt), Durden challenges him to a fight, and the "Narrator" finds new help for his problems. Durden has created a new form of self-help sessions in which the method of curing frustrations is to gather like-minded bodies together and beat each other to a pulp. Durden's idea gains enormous popularity, clubs sprout up across America, and he becomes a cult hero.
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Girl, Interrupted 1999 R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Mangold
Cast: Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Clea DuVall, Brittany Murphy, Whoopi Goldberg, Jeffrey Tambor, Jared Leto, Vanessa Redgrave, Travis Fine, Mary Kay Place, Elisabeth Moss, Angela Bettis, Jillian Armenante, Drucie McDaniel, Joanna Kerns
This story is adapted from the memoirs of Susanna Daysen (Winona Ryder) and relates the time when she was a patient at Boston's Claymore psychiatric hospital in the mid-1960s. She recalls stories of "friends"–sociopath Lisa (Angelina Jolie), pampered Daisy (Brittany Murphy), and burn victim Polly (Elizabeth Moss)–who she encounters during her 18-month stay. Susanna works with her psychiatrist, Dr. Sonia Wick (Angelina Jolie), and is guided by nurse Valerie (Whoopie Goldberg). Susanna leaves friends behind when she reclaims her independence and moves out of the institution and on with her life. Jolie won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
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Highway 2001  R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Cox
Cast: Jared Leto, Jake Gyllenhaal, Selma Blair, John C. McGinley, Jeremy Piven, Mark Rolston, Stephen Shellen, Kimberley Kates, Arden Myrin, Danny Comden
Jack and Pilot (Jared Leto and Jake Gyllenhaal) are losers in Las Vegas but enjoy their life with their menial jobs. When Jake has sex with a mobster's woman, the thugs are sent out to deal with him. So the two buddies hit the road to Seattle with the baddies in hot pursuit. Along the way, they run across a variety of characters in this, just another weak road picture.
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Lonely Hearts 2006 R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Todd Robinson
Cast: John Travolta, James Gandolfini, Jared Leto, Salma Hayek, Scott Caan, Laura Dern, Michael Gaston, Bruce MacVittie, Dan Byrd, Andrew Wheeler, Alice Krige, Dagmara Dominczyk, John Doman, Bailee Madison
Based on the "Lonely Hearts Killers" crimes, which were committed in the 1940s, this film shows how New York detectives–Elmer C. Robinson (John Travolta), who was obsessed with the murders, and his partner Charles Hildebrandt (James Gandolfini)–tracked down Ray Fernandez (Jared Leto) and Martha Beck (Salma Hayek). Their scam was to swindle elderly women out of their money and then murder them to destroy any evidence. Fernandez and Beck were finally arrested, confessed to 12 of their murders, and were electrocuted the same day at Sing Sing prison in 1951.
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Lord of War 2005 R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama / Action
Director: Andrew Niccol
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Bridget Moynahan, Jared Leto, Shake Tukhmanyan, Jean-Pierre Nshanian, Jared Burke, Eric Uys, David Shumbris, Stewart Morgan, Jasper Lenz, Jeremy Crutchley, Ian Holm
Ukrainian born, but raised in NYC's Brighton Beach, gun-runner Yuri Orlov (Nicolas Cage) teams up with his brother, Vitaly (Jared Leto), and extends his arms sales around the world. Business booms in a world filled with war and conflict until their own personal problems begin to get in the way.
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 Panic Room 2002 R, 108 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: David Fincher
Cast: Jodie Foster, Kristen Stewart, Forest Whitaker, Jared Leto, Dwight Yoakam, Patrick Bauchau, Ian Buchanan, Ann Magnuson, Andrew Kevin Walker, Paul Schulze
Meg (Jodie Foster) and daughter Sarah (Kristen Stewart) have just moved into a Manhattan townhouse when three burglars break in. The house just happens to have a secret "panic" room in which Meg and Sara hide. The problem is that what the intruders want is located inside the panic room, and they are not about to leave empty-handed. A good thriller.
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Prefontaine 1997 PG-13, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steve James
Cast: Jared Leto, R. Lee Ermey, Ed O'Neill, Breckin Meyer, Lindsay Crouse, Amy Locane, Laurel Holloman, Brian McGovern, Kurtwood Smith, Adrian Amadeus
Steve Prefontaine (Jared Leto) was an exceptional athlete and human being. Trained by Bill Bowerman (R. Lee Ermey)–who later co-founded Nike–runner Prefontaine began his career slowly but was determined to become an Olympic contender. Prefontaine epitomized what happens to young athletes whose personal welfare is often ignored by the sports establishment. The difference between Prefontaine and his fellow athletes is that he fought for athletes' rights.
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Requiem for a Dream 2000 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans, Christopher McDonald, Louise Lasser, Keith David, Sean Gullette, Ben Shenkman
Adapted from Hubert Selby Jr's. 1968 novel set at Brighton Beach, this story centers around four confused people–Sara Goldfarb (Ellen Burstyn), Harry Goldfarb (Jared Leto), Marion Silver (Jennifer Connelly), and Tyrone C. Love (Marlon Wayans)–who have opted for drugs to achieve happiness. In the process they learn that what they are trying to find for themselves is only an illusion. Ellen Burstyn was nominated for the sixth time as Best Actress.
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Sunset Strip 2000 R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Adam Collis
Cast: Simon Baker, Anna Friel, Nick Stahl, Rory Cochrane, Adam Goldberg, Tommy Flanagan, Darren E. Burrows, John Randolph, Stephanie Romanov, Jared Leto
This film follows a group of aspiring young people–including photographer Michael Scott (Simon Baker), musician Marty Shapiro (Adam Goldberg), and clothing designer Tammy Franklin (Anna Friel)–as they ply their trades during 24 hours on Sunset Strip in 1972.
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Switchback 1997 R, 118 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Jeb Stuart
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Danny Glover, Jared Leto, R. Lee Ermey, Ted Levine, William Fichtner, Leo Bermester, Merle Kennedy, Ian Nelson, Walton Goggins
FBI agent Frank LaCrosse's son has been kidnapped by a serial killer; removed from the case, LaCrosse takes off on his own and joins forces with Amarillo Sheriff Buck Olmstead (R. Lee Ermey). Meanwhile, the trail leads to Bob Goodall (Danny Glover) and his hitchhiking cohort Lane Dixon (Jared Leto), who become the hunted party, and one begins to suspect the hunted will trap the hunters.
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 The Thin Red Line 1998 R, 170 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Terrence Malick
Cast: Sean Penn, Adrien Brody, James Caviezel, Ben Chaplin, George Clooney, John Cusack, Woody Harrelson, Elias Koteas, Jared Leto, Nick Nolte
Director Terrence Malick came out of retirement after 20 years to make this adaptation of James Jones' 1962 novel about the battle for Guadalcanal during World War II. He focuses on the officers and enlisted men of Charlie Company who are ordered to invade the South Pacific island and then to deal with the horrors of jungle fighting. Academy Award nominations included Best Picture and Director.
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Urban Legend 1998 R, 98 min.
Genre: Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Jamie Blanks
Cast: Alicia Witt, Rebecca Gayheart, Jared Leto, Robert Englund, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Joshua Jackson, Tara Reid, John Neville, Loretta Devine, Brad Dourif, Michael Rosenbaum, Julian Richings, Danielle Harris, Kay Hawtrey, Angela Vint
This horror story takes place on the 25th anniversary of a mass murder in a dormitory at Pendleton College. Now, students are again killed–this time the methods are based on today's fears (e.g., the axe murderer in the back seat of one's car).
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| 1. Alexander (2004)
2. American Psycho (2000)
3. Basil (1998)
4. Black and White (1999)
5. Cool and the Crazy (1994)
6. Fight Club (1999)
7. Girl, Interrupted (1999)
8. Highway (2001)
9. Lonely Hearts (2006)
10. Lord of War (2005)
11. Panic Room (2002)
12. Prefontaine (1997)
13. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
14. Sunset Strip (2000)
15. Switchback (1997)
16. The Thin Red Line (1998)
17. Urban Legend (1998)
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