The Acid House 1998  N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul McGuigan
Cast: Ewen Bremner, Martin Clunes, Jemma Redgrave, Arlene Cockburn, Kevin McKidd, Maurice Roeves, Stephen McCole, Garry Sweeney, Michelle Gomez, Gary McCormack, Tam Dean Burn, Billy McElhaney, Barbara Rafferty, Doug Eadie, Andrea McKenna
Based on three short stories by Irvine Welsh, these tales about drugs and other abuses include: "The Granton Star Cause" about a man's worst day on Earth, "A Soft Touch" involving the tale of a cheating wife, and "The Acid House" capping off the other two with its plot of a drug experiment in which the user swaps places with the unborn baby of very wealthy parents.
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Gangster No. 1 2000  R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Paul McGuigan
Cast: Malcolm McDowell, David Thewlis, Paul Bettany, Saffron Burrows, Kenneth Cranham, Jamie Foreman, Eddie Marsan, Andrew Lincoln, Doug Allen, Razaaq Adoti, Cavan Clerkin, David Kennedy
The career of an unnamed London gangster (Paul Bettany plays the young hood while Malcolm McDowell takes over the role of the seasoned veteran) is told through flashbacks as he remembers his life of crime.
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 Lucky Number Slevin 2006 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Paul McGuigan
Cast: Josh Hartnett, Stanley Tucci, Ben Kingsley, Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Lucy Liu, Michael Rubenfeld, Peter Outerbridge, Kevin Chamberlin, Mykelti Williamson, Dorian Missick, Sam Jaeger
Crime bosses The Rabbi (Ben Kingsley) and The Boss (Morgan Freeman) are at war when a case of mistaken identity in the kidnapping of Slevin (Josh Hartnett), who captors believe is his friend Nick (Sam Jaeger), throws Slevin into the middle of the battle. Complications include assassin Mr. Goodkat (Bruce Willis) and Nick's neighbor, coroner Lindsey (Lucy Liu), along with that relentless Detective Brikowski (Stanley Tucci) who is determined to uncover what is really happening.
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Push 2009  PG, 111 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Paul McGuigan
Cast: Dakota Fanning, Chris Evans, Djimon Hounsou, Camilla Belle, Cliff Curtis, Neil Jackson, Ming-Na, Nate Mooney, Lu Lu, Colin Ford, Joel Gretsch, Scott Michael Campbell, Hal Yamanouchi, Brandon Rhea, Corey Stoll
In this sci-fi, action thriller, 13-year-old Cassie Holmes (Dakota Fanning) arrives in Hong Kong trying to find Kira (Camilla Belle) who has escaped from the Division, which is an American operation determined to transform telekinetic humans into weapons. Cassie meets Nick (Chris Evans) who has been in hiding since the Division killed his father years ago. The two join forces in the search for Kira. But, they aren't the only ones trying to find Kira, and the telepathic Division Agent Henry Caver (Djimon Hounsou) is determined to use all possible means to stop Cassie and Nick from reaching Kira–no matter what the cost.
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 The Reckoning 2004 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul McGuigan
Cast: Paul Bettany, Willem Dafoe, Simon McBurney, Gina McKee, Brian Cox, Vincent Cassel, Ewen Bremner, Tom Hardy, Stuart Wells, Matthew Macfadyen, Elvira Minguez, Luke de Woolfson
Set during the medieval era in England, this tale involves a disgraced monk, Nicholas (Paul Bettany), and a band of actors who act out a morality play in which they recreate a real murder and try to uncover the murderer.
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 Wicker Park 2004 PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Paul McGuigan
Cast: Josh Hartnett, Rose Byrne, Matthew Lillard, Diane Kruger, Christopher Cousins, Jessica Pare, Vlasta Vrana, Amy Sobol, Ted Whittall, Isabel Dos Santos, Joanna Noyes, Mark Camacho
When Matthew (Josh Hartnett) spots Lisa (Diane Kruger) in a cafe and believes she is his ex-girlfriend, the sighting sets him on an obsessive trail to learn who she really is. Unfortunately, the journey will involve crossing paths with a mysterious stranger, Alex (Rose Byrne).
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| 1. The Acid House (1998)
2. Gangster No. 1 (2000)
3. Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
4. Push (2009)
5. The Reckoning (2004)
6. Wicker Park (2004)
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