 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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Lakeview Terrace 2008  PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Neil LaBute
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Wilson, Kerry Washington, Ron Glass, Justin Chambers, Jay Hernandez, Regine Nehy, Jaishon Fisher, Robert Pine, Keith Loneker, Caleeb Pinkett, Robert Dahey, Ho-Jung, Dallas Raines, Michael Sean Tighe
Lakeview Terrace is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley where a racially mixed couple, Lisa and Chris Mattson (Kerry Washington and Patrick Wilson), have just purchased a home. LAPD officer Abel Turner (Samuel L. Jackson) lives next door, hates interracial couples, and sets out to make the lives of Lisa and Chris a living hell. He harasses the couple to the extent that they have no choice but to fight back.
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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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 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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The Shape of Things 2003 R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Neil LaBute
Cast: Gretchen Moll, Paul Rudd, Rachel Weisz, Fred Weller
Art student Evelyn (Rachel Weisz) sets out to change her new love interest, Adam (Paul Rudd), from a nerdy college student into a slimmed-down, well-dressed young man. But Adam's friends (Gretchen Mol and Fred Weller) are suspicious of Evelyn's manipulation and step in to discourage Adam from listening to Evelyn's advice.
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 The Wicker Man 2006  PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Neil LaBute
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Ellen Burstyn, Kate Beahan, Frances Conroy, Molly Parker, Leelee Sobieski, Diane Delano, Michael Wiseman, Erika-Shaye Gair, Christa Campbell, Emily Holmes, Matthew Walker, Sophie Hough
Deeply Christian Sheriff Edward Malus (Nicolas Cage) gets a note from ex-fiancee Willow (Kate Beahan) begging for his help in finding her daughter, Rowan (Erika-Shaye Gair). Malus answers the call and arrives on a small island in Puget Sound where he runs into an even larger mystery in the form of a group of pagan women who live in a farming commune and make blood sacrifices. But, Malus connects clues that lead to Rowan's abduction by commune members with the intent of using her as a sacrifice during the upcoming "Day of Death and Rebirth" pageant.
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| 1. In the Company of Men (1997)
2. Lakeview Terrace (2008)
3. Nurse Betty (2000)
4. Possession (2002)
5. The Shape of Things (2003)
6. The Wicker Man (2006)
7. Your Friends & Neighbors (1998)
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