Appaloosa 2008  R, 114 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Ed Harris
Cast: Jeremy Irons, Robert Jauregui, Renee Zellweger, Luce Rains, James Tarwater, Boyd Kestner, Timothy V. Murphy, Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen, James Gammon, Timothy Spall, Benjamin Rosenshein, Tom Bower, Erik J. Bockemeier, Gabriel Marantz
The year is 1882 when Virgil Cole (Ed Harris) and his long-time buddy Everett Hitch (Viggo Mortensen) are hired by the town council of the Western mining town of Appaloosa. Their job is to bring to justice cattle baron Randall Bragg (Jeremy Irons) who has shot the sheriff and his deputies when they tried to arrest him. Virgil and Everett are setting out to find witnesses to Bragg's crimes when a piano-playing widow, Allie French (Renee Zellweger), arrives in town with plans of her own for stealing Virgil's heart. Soon, the friendship of Everett and Virgil is tested when both men fall for Allie, but they must unite if they are to achieve their mission of keeping the witnesses alive and sending Bragg to court.
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The Bachelor 1999  PG-13, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gary Sinyor
Cast: Chris O'Donnell, Renee Zellweger, Hal Holbrook, James Cromwell, Artie Lange, Edward Asner, Marley Shelton, Peter Ustinov, Rebecca Cross, Katharine Towne
This film is a remake of Buster Keaton's 1925 silent movie, "Seven Chances." The story is about Jimmie Shannon's (Chris O'Donnell) fear of getting married. His phobia is cured instantly when Jimmie learns that he will receive $100 million from his late grandfather IF he marries before his 30th birthday, which just happens to be tomorrow.
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 Bee Movie 2007  PG, 90 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy
Director: Steve Hickner, Simon J. Smith
Cast: Jerry Seinfeld, Renee Zellweger, Matthew Broderick, Patrick Warburton, John Goodman, Chris Rock, Kathy Bates, Barry Levinson, Larry King, Ray Liotta, Sting, Oprah Winfrey, Rip Torn, Larry Miller, Megan Mullally
Bee-college graduate Barry B. Benson (voice of Jerry Seinfeld) questions whether making honey in the hive is all there is in a bee's life. He ventures into New York City and makes friends with a human, friendly florist Vanessa Bloome (Renee Zellweger). Barry is shocked to learn that humans steal and eat the bee's honey and decides to team up with Vanessa and sue the honey manufacturers for stealing the honey.
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Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason 2004  R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Beeban Kidron
Cast: Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Gemma Jones, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Grant, Jacinda Barrett, Sally Phillips, James Faulkner, Celia Imrie, Dominic McHale, Donald(2) Douglas, Shirley Dixon, Neil Pearson, Rosalind Halstead, Tom Brooke
This sequel takes place four weeks after "Bridget Jones's Diary" ended. As Bridget (Renee Zellweger) grows increasingly unhappy about her relationship with Mark Darcy (Colin Firth), her ex-lover, Daniel (Hugh Grant), reenters the scene and thoroughly confuses Bridget's emotional decisions.
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 Bridget Jones's Diary 2001 R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Sharon Maguire
Cast: Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones, Sally Phillips, Shirley Henderson, Celia Imrie, Embeth Davidtz, Honor Blackman, James Faulkner, Charmian May, Paul Brooke, Shirley Henderson, James Callis
Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) is a 30-something single woman who lives in London, works in the publishing industry, and worries about not finding success–both romantically and professionally. After being snubbed by Mark (Colin Firth), Bridget begins writing in her diary about trying to cut back on wine, cigarettes, and men. She begins getting sexy e-mails from her boss Daniel (Hugh Grant) and meets him for dinner. Daniel tells her that he and Mark went to college together, and Mark seduced his fiancee. Later, Bridget runs across Mark again, he expresses an interest in her, and now both men compete for Bridget's attention. Zellweger excels in her role of the biologically ticking Bridget, and she received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress.
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 Chicago 2002  PG-13, 113 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Drama
Director: Rob Marshall
Cast: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renee Zellweger, Richard Gere, John C. Reilly, Queen Latifah, Christine Baranski, Taye Diggs, Lucy Liu, Colm Feore, Dominic West
Set in 1920s' Chicago, this film centers on two murderesses, Velma Kelly (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Roxie Hart (Renee Zellweger), who sought fame and fortune in vaudeville and now use the notoriety gained through murder to become stars in the tabloids. But fame is fleeting as another murderess is due for her own tabloid fame. The film won six Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Actress in a Supporting Role (Catherine Zeta-Jones). The seven additional nominations included Best Actor in a Supporting Role (John C. Reilly), Actress in a Supporting Role (Queen Latifah), and Director.
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 Cinderella Man 2005 PG-13, 144 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Russell Crowe, Renee Zellweger, Paul Giamatti, Craig Bierko, Paddy Considine, Bruce McGill, David Huband, Connor Price, Ariel Waller, Patrick Louis, Rosemarie DeWitt, Linda Kash, Nicholas Campbell, Chuck Shamata, Gene Pyrz
This is the story of Depression-era boxer Jim Braddock (Russell Crowe) who, as an underdog, defeated Max Baer in the Madison Square Garden Bowl in 1930. Three Academy Award nominations were received, including Best Supporting Actor (Paul Giamatti).
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 Cold Mountain 2003 R, 155 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Anthony Minghella
Cast: Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renee Zellweger, Donald Sutherland, Ray Winstone, Brendan Gleeson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Natalie Portman, Kathy Baker, James Gammon, Giovanni Ribisi, Eileen Atkins
During the Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier, Inman (Jude Law), goes AWOL and struggles to return home to Cold Mountain, North Carolina, with dreams of reuniting with the woman (Nicole Kidman) he loves. Renee Zellweger won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. The film was nominated for five other Academy Awards, including Best Actor (Law).
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Deceiver 1997 R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Jonas Pate, Josh Pate
Cast: Chris Penn, Ellen Burstyn, Tim Roth, Renee Zellweger, Michael Rooker, Rosanna Arquette, Don Winston, Mark Damon, J.C. Quinn, Michael Parks, Genevieve Butler, Chelsea Butler, Jody Wilhelm, Ocie Pouncie, Bob Hungerford
James Walter Wayland (Tim Roth) is a wealthy heir accused of murdering prostitute Elizabeth (Renee Zellweger). When tough cop Detective Edward Kennesaw (Michael Rooker) and his partner, Phillip Braxton (Chris Penn), investigate, Wayland tries to shift the blame and interferes by revealing flaws in Kennesaw's marriage and gambling debts incurred by Braxton.
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Down with Love 2003  PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Peyton Reed
Cast: Renee Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, David Hyde Pierce, Sarah Paulson, Tony Randall, Rachel Dratch, Jack Plotnick, John Aylward, Warren Munson, Matt Ross, Michael Ensign, Timothy Omundson, Melissa George, Jeri Ryan, Ivana Milicevic
Barbara Novak (Renee Zellweger) has written a book "Down With Love" that reveals her feelings that women should rely on what will make them truly happy and regard career and sex as more important than love. The book is a hit, and Barbara appears in control of her destiny until she meets and falls for playboy journalist Catcher Block (Ewan McGregor) who plans to write an expose on Barbara and take her down. Catcher's plan works–until he starts to fall in love with Barbara.
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 Empire Records 1995  PG-13, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Musical
Director: Allan Moyle
Cast: Anthony LaPaglia, Liv Tyler, Debi Mazar, Robin Tunney, Rory Cochrane, Ethan Embry, Brendan Sexton III, Maxwell Caulfield, Renee Zellweger, Johnny Whitworth, Coyote Shivers, James "Kimo" Wills, Ben Bode, Gary Bolen, Julia Howard
This story takes place in just one day at the small-town record store, Empire Records, where the teenage employees find TROUBLE is their middle names. The Music Town franchise wants to buy out Empire Records, which means that the employees' jobs are on the line. Their solution is to raise money and help their manager Joe Reaves (Anthony LaPaglia) buy the store. However, between work problems and personal problems, the task will not be easy.
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 Jerry Maguire 1996 R, 138 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Cameron Crowe
Cast: Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr., Renee Zellweger, Kelly Preston, Jerry O'Connell, Jay Mohr, Bonnie Hunt, Regina King, Jonathan Lipnicki, Todd Louiso, Mark Pellington, Jeremy Suarez, Susan Norfleet, Jared Jussim, Benjamin Kimball Smith
Sports agent Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise) suddenly loses his job and his friends. The film's plot is about how he stumbles into a new life and finds that there is room for decency in his new lifestyle. Cuba Gooding Jr. won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in his role as the football star, and the film received four nominations, including Best Picture and Actor (Cruise).
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Leatherheads 2008 PG-13, 114 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: George Clooney
Cast: George Clooney, Renee Zellweger, John Krasinski, Stephen Root, Wayne Duvall, Jonathan Pryce, Peter Gerety, Keith Loneker, Malcolm Goodwin, Matt Bushell, Tommy Hinkley, Tim Griffin, Robert Baker, Christian Stolte, JD Cullum
In this fun, football saga, quarterback hero Dodge Connolly's (George Clooney) 1925 football team, the Duluth Bulldogs, loses its sponsor, and the league is in a state of collapse. Dodge sees a solution in World War I war hero Carter Rutherford (John Krasinski) and convinces him to join the team. Now, fans flock to the field to see Carter play. Cub reporter Lexie Littleton (Renee Zellweger) enters the picture because she is suspicious of Carter's wartime heroics and starts digging for a story. Meanwhile, both Dodge and Carter become romantically interested in Lexie and now are competing both on and off the field using similar strategies in the game of love that they use in football.
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Love and a .45 1994 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Thriller
Director: C.M. Talkington
Cast: Gil Bellows, Renee Zellweger, Rory Cochrane, Jeffrey Combs, Jace Alexander, Ann Wedgeworth, Peter Fonda, Tammy Le Blanc, Wiley Wiggins, Jack Nance, Charlotte Ross, Scott Roland, Michael Bowen, Todd Conner, Richard Rothenberg
A white-trash couple, Watty (Gil Bellows) and Starlene (Rene Zellweger), are on the lam after Watty's partner Billy Mack (Rory Cochrane) kills a clerk during a robbery. The couple rob banks and have even become cop killers during their flight as the law and two loan sharks follow in pursuit. TV coverage makes the couple popular in this violent, but somewhat fun, film.
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Me, Myself & Irene 2000 R, 116 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Cast: Jim Carrey, Renee Zellweger, Anthony Anderson, Mongo Brownlee, Jerod Mixon, Chris Cooper, Michael Bowman, Richard Jenkins, Robert Forster, Traylor Howard, Kate Forster, Mike Cerrone, Daniel Greene
Jim Carrey's slapstick humor reigns over this story in which he plays a very meek Rhode Island state trooper, Charlie Baileygates. Charlie avoids all confrontations, but his alter ego, Hank, is ALL confrontation. After Hank's sudden appearance, Charlie's career is in jeopardy. Enter Irene (Renee Zellweger), a prisoner assigned to Charlie to deliver to a New York police station. Things go from bad to worse, and diehard Carrey fans will enjoy it.
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Miss Potter 2006 PG, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Chris Noonan
Cast: Renee Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, Emily Watson, Barbara Flynn, Bill Paterson, Matyelok Gibbs, Lloyd Owen, Anton Lesser, David Bamber, Patricia Kerrigan, Judith Barker, Chris Middleton, Sarah Crowden, Richard Mulholland
Renee Zellweger takes on the role of Beatrix Potter, the author of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit." The film explores Potter's ill-fated romance with her publisher, Norman Warne (Ewan McGregor), amidst Potter's struggle for an independent life vs. marriage in an era when women were expected to marry and not have careers.
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Monsters vs. Aliens 2009 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Sci-Fi
Director: Rob Letterman, Conrad Vernon
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Hugh Laurie, Seth Rogen, Will Arnett, Kiefer Sutherland, Stephen Colbert, Rainn Wilson, Paul Rudd, Julie White, Jeffrey Tambor, Renee Zellweger, Amy Poehler, Ed Helms, John Kransinski, Sean Bishop
This 3-D animated adventure begins with bride Susan Murphy ( voice of Reese Witherspsoon) preparing for her wedding to TV weatherman Derek Dietl (voice of Paul Rudd). Outside the church, Susan is hit by a meteor, and, instantly, she begins to grow to the enormous size of 50 feet tall. Military helicopters arrive on the scene, swoop her up, and deliver her to a government prison for monsters. Susan is given the new name of Ginormica (voice of Witherspoon), and is welcomed by the other imprisoned monsters–insect-headed Dr. Cockroach (voice of Hugh Laurie), blobish B.O.B. (voice of Seth Rogen), and half-human/half-fish Missing Link (voice of Will Arnett)–welcome her. Susan is doomed to spend her life in the prison–until an evil alien, Galaxhar (voice of Rainn Wilson), threatens to conquer Earth. Now, Gen. W.R. Monger (voice of Kiefer Sutherland) convinces the President (voice of Stephen Colbert) to promise the monsters their freedom if they can defeat Galaxhar and his army of clones and robots.
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New in Town 2009 PG, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Pierre Morel
Cast: Renee Zellweger, Harry Connick Jr., J.K. Simmons, Frances Conroy, Siobhan Fallon, Ferron Guerreiro, James Durham, Mike O'Brien, Barbara James Smith, Robert Small, Wayne Nicklas, Hilary Carroll, Nancy Drake, Stewart J. Zully, Marilyn Boyle
Her Miami-based company sends executive Lucy Hill (Renee Zellweger) to New Ulm, Minnesota, to restructure a manufacturing plant. Lucy arrives in New Ulm–not dressed for the winter weather–ready to do her job and return quickly to warm Miami. When her new secretary Blanche Gunderson (Siobhan Fallon) sets Lucy up for a date with local union representative Ted Mitchell (Harry Connick Jr.), their initial meeting is anything but good. However, Ted is the one who Lucy must work with in restructuring the company, and they do become close as they get to know each other. Now, the New Ulm manufacturing plant is closed by Lucy's company, and she may decide to stay in New Ulm with Ted and begin life anew–and, in the process, help New Ulm start up its own plant.
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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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One True Thing 1998 R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Carl Franklin
Cast: Meryl Streep, Renee Zellweger, William Hurt, Tom Everett Scott, Lauren Graham, Nicky Katt, James Eckhouse, Patrick Breen, Gerrit Graham, David Byron
Kate Gulden (Meryl Streep) is dying of cancer. Her husband George (William Hurt) calls on their daughter Ellen (Renee Zellweger) to come to care for her mother. Ellen gives up her job and boy friend to take on the responsibility, but, after living in their home for a short time, Ellen's eyes are opened as she discovers unknown frailties and strengths in her parents. Streep was nominated for an Oscar. 1 User Review
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| | Why would anyone make this movie ! | 03/02/2007 | | Heart wrenching, increadable acting, not a single oscar - I hate chick flics and wept through it all ! |
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A Price Above Rubies 1998 R, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Boaz Yakin
Cast: Renee Zellweger, Christopher Eccleston, Glenn Fitzgerald, Allen Payne, Julianna Margulies, Kathleen Chalfant, Edie Falco, John Randolph, Kim Hunter
Sonia (Renee Zellweger) and her husband are Hasidic Jews. But Sonia finds problems adhering to the restrictions imposed on her by the Orthodox sect, and her actions lead to public humiliation.
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Reality Bites 1994 PG-13, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Ben Stiller
Cast: Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke, Ben Stiller, Janeane Garofalo, Steve Zahn, Swoosie Kurtz, Joe Don Baker, John Mahoney, Keith David, Anne Meara, Renee Zellweger, Barry Del Sherman, Andy Dick, Harry O'Reilly, Susan Norfleet
Lelaina (Winona Ryder) was valedictorian of her college class and is working at a Houston television station–a glamorous job, but the pay is low. She and her friends represent the 1990s generation of graduates who really thought that hard work and good grades were all they needed to find good jobs. They do not pound pavement nor do they sit and wait for anyone else to open doors to their futures.
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The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1994 R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation
Director: Kim Henkel
Cast: Renee Zellweger, Matthew McConaughey, Robert Jacks, Tonie Perensky, Joe Stevens, Lisa Marie Newmyer, John Harrison, Tyler Cone, James Gale, Chris Kilgore
In this third sequel to the "Texas Chainsaw Massacre," Matthew McConaughey plays a psychotic killer, and Renee Zellweger portrays Jenny, the young woman who refuses to become a victim.
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 Shark Tale 2004 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy
Director: Bibo Bergeron, Vicky Jenson, Rob Letterman
Cast: Will Smith, Robert De Niro, Renee Zellweger, Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Martin Scorsese, Ziggy Marley, Doug E. Doug, Michael Imperioli, Vincent Pastore, Peter Falk, Katie Couric
In this animated, underwater story, Oscar (Will Smith) is a small fish that takes credit for the killing when a shark is found dead. But it turns out that the shark was the son of a shark mob boss (Robert De Niro), and there are consequences to pay. Parents beware. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature.
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 White Oleander 2002 PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Kosminsky
Cast: Alison Lohman, Robin Wright Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Renee Zellweger, Billy Connolly, Patrick Fugit, Cole Hauser, Noah Wyle, Stephen Root, Svetlana Efremova
As a result of her mother (Michelle Pfeiffer) serving time in prison, 15-year-old Astrid (Alison Lohman) is sent to one foster home after another. During the ensuing years, Astrid's controlling mother preaches that people cannot be trusted; however, Astrid's experiences reflect a different slant on life.
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 The Whole Wide World 1996 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Dan Ireland
Cast: Vincent D'Onofrio, Renee Zellweger, Ann Wedgeworth, Benjamin Mouton, Chris Shearer, Harve Presnell, Michael Corbett, Helen Cates, Marion Eaton, Leslie Berger, Libby Villari, Dell Aldrich, Elzabeth D'Onofrio, Antonia Bogdanovich, Sandy Walper
This film–based on retired schoolteacher Novalyne Price Ellis' memoirs, "One Who Walked Alone"–tells the story of her youthful 1930s' romance with pulp writer Robert E. Howard. Seen through Novalyne's (Renee Zellweger) eyes, this is a sympathetic story of Howard (Vincent D'Onofrio) who comes equipped with too much emotional baggage to carry on a love affair. What Novalyne and Robert DO have is a common love of writing, but that alone cannot keep them together.
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1. Appaloosa (2008)
2. The Bachelor (1999)
3. Bee Movie (2007)
4. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
5. Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
6. Chicago (2002)
7. Cinderella Man (2005)
8. Cold Mountain (2003)
9. Deceiver (1997)
10. Down with Love (2003)
11. Empire Records (1995)
12. Jerry Maguire (1996)
13. Leatherheads (2008)
14. Love and a .45 (1994)
15. Me, Myself & Irene (2000)
16. Miss Potter (2006)
17. Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)
18. New in Town (2009)
19. Nurse Betty (2000)
20. One True Thing (1998)
21. A Price Above Rubies (1998)
22. Reality Bites (1994)
23. The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1994)
aka: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation
24. Shark Tale (2004)
25. White Oleander (2002)
26. The Whole Wide World (1996)
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