The Affair of the Necklace 2001  R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Shyer
Cast: Hilary Swank, Simon Baker, Adrien Brody, Jonathan Pryce, Christopher Walken, Joely Richardson, Brian Cox, Skye McCole Bartusiak, Simon Shackleton, Victoria Shalet
Set in the era just before the French Revolution, Jeanne de la Motte Valois (Hilary Swank), sets out to regain her family's confiscated wealth. First, she marries Count Nicholas de la Motte (Adrien Brody) who has access to the royal court, and, through his contacts, she schemes to steal a valuable necklace and use it to buy back the family's estate.
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The Devil Wears Prada 2006  PG-13, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: David Frankel
Cast: Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci, Adrian Grenier, Tracie Thoms, Rich Sommer, Simon Baker, Daniel Sunjata, Jimena Hoyos, Rebecca Mader, Tibor Feldman, David Marshall Grant, James Naughton
Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway) moves to New York City after graduating from Northwestern University and takes a job as assistant to high-powered fashion magazine editor Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep). Problems ensue when Andy finds herself in an environment where style and self-importance reigns. Andy undergoes a makeover but, despite the odds, manages to remain true to herself and her friends. Two Oscar nominations were received, including Best Actress (Meryl Streep).
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Judas Kiss 1998 R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sebastian Gutierrez
Cast: Simon Baker, Gil Bellows, Carla Gugino, Alan Rickman, Til Schweiger, Emma Thompson, Roscoe Lee Browne, Hal Holbrook, Lisa Eichhorn, Greg Wise
When a no-good couple, Junior Armstrong (Simon Baker) and Coco Chavez (Carla Gugino), put together a plot to kidnap computer mogul Ben Dyson (Greg Wise), they enlist the aid of Lizard Browning (Gil Bellows) and Ruben Rubenbauer (Til Schweiger). But the well-laid plans go awry when Dyson's neighbor–who just happens to be the wife of the powerful Senator Rupert Hornbeck (Hal Holbrook)–is killed by a stray bullet during the kidnapping.
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Land of the Dead 2005  R, 93 min.
Genre: Action / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
aka: George A. Romero's Land of the Dead
Director: George A. Romero
Cast: Simon Baker, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper, Asia Argento, Robert Joy, Eugene Clark, Joanne Boland, Tony Nappo, Jennifer Baxter, Boyd Banks, Maxwell McCabe-Lokos, Shawn Roberts, Jasmin Geljo, Tony Munch, Pedro Miguel Arce
When only an electrified chain-link fence separates the zombies from the city's residents, can Riley (Simon Baker), Slack (Asia Argento), and Charlie (Robert Joy) stop the zombies from eating hearts and other "treats" torn from the bodies of their terrified victims?
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The Lodger 2009  R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller / Mystery
Director: David Ondaatje
Cast: Alfred Molina, Hope Davis, Shane West, Rachael Leigh Cook, Simon Baker, Philip Baker Hall, Michael Agostini, Michael Albala, J.P. Foster Jr., Donal Logue, Rebecca Pidgeon, Michael O'Hagan, Francois Chau, Roy Werner, Stephen Steelman
In this animated documentary, Ari Folman listens as his friend tells him that he suffers from a nightmare in which 26 ferocious dogs chase him. The two men reason that the nightmares must be related to a mission they participated in during the first Lebanon War. Ari realizes that his memory of that time is very poor, and he travels to find old comrades from those days to refresh his memory. As he interviews old friends and acquaintances, Ari's memory emerges, and his recollections of his participation in the war leads, finally, to his denunciation of all wars.
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 The Missing 2003 R, 138 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure / Thriller / Western
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett, Evan Rachel Wood, Eric Schweig, Jenna Boyd, Aaron Eckhart, Val Kilmer, Sergio Calderon, Jay Tavare, Steve Reevis, Rance Howard, Simon Baker
In 1885, Samuel (Tommy Lee Jones) returns to his home in New Mexico after a 20-year absence and finds that his daughter, Maggie (Cate Blanchett), needs him to track down Army deserters–led by an Aztec mystic, Chidin (Eric Schweig)–who have kidnapped Maggie's daughter. Father and daughter unite as they pursue Chidin in hopes of finding the young girl before she is sold to a prostitution ring across the border in Mexico.
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 Most Wanted 1997 R, 100 min.
Genre: Action
Director: David Hogan
Cast: Keenen Ivory Wayans, Jon Voight, Jill Hennessy, Paul Sorvino, Robert Culp, Wolfgang Bodison, Simon Baker, David Groh, Michael Milhoan, Lee de Broux
Persian Gulf hero Sergeant James Dunn (Keenen Ivory Wayans) has been convicted of killing an officer but is given the chance for freedom if he accepts an assassination assignment. The victim turns out to be the First Lady, and Dunn becomes a hunted man with a $10 million reward for his capture.
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Now & Forever 2001  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bob Clark
Cast: Mia Kirshner, Adam Beach, Gordon Tootoosis, Theresa Russell, Gabriel Olds, Callum Keith Rennie, Simon Baker, Alexandra Purvis, Benson McCulloch, Nicholas Treeshin
Despite different cultures, John (Adam Beach) and Angela (Mia Kirshner) have formed a bond. But, Angela does not really understand how much John means to her until after she becomes a famous actress.
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Restaurant 1999 R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Eric Bross
Cast: Adrien Brody, Elise Neal, David Moscow, Simon Baker, Catherine Kellner, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, John Carroll Lynch, Jesse L. Martin, Sybil Temchen, Vonte Sweet
P.J. McClures–a Hoboken, New Jersey, restaurant–is the setting for this well-developed character study of young people dealing with issues still unresolved in American culture.
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Ride with the Devil 1999 R, 134 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ang Lee
Cast: Skeet Ulrich, Tobey Maguire, Jewel Kilcher, Jeffrey Wright, Simon Baker, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, James Caviezel, Tom Guiry, Tom Wilkinson, Jonathan Brandis
Set along the Kansas-Missouri border during the Civil War, this moving story focuses on the Confederate perspective as it relates stories of the Bushwhakers–a band of Confederate supporters that fought a guerilla war by murdering Union sympathizers who lived in the countryside.
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The Ring Two 2005 PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Hideo Nakata
Cast: Naomi Watts, David Dorfman, Simon Baker, Elizabeth Perkins, Gary Cole, Sissy Spacek, Ryan Merriman, Emily VanCamp, Kelly Overton, James Lesure, Daveigh Chase, Kelly Stables
Six months after Seattle journalist Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts) and her son, Aidan (David Dorfman), watched and then destroyed that creepy videotape in "The Ring" (2002), they find even more evil emanating from what can only be copies of the tape.
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Smoke Signals 1998  PG-13, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Chris Eyre
Cast: Adam Beach, Evan Adams, Irene Bedard, Gary Farmer, Tantoo Cardinal, Cody Lightning, Michelle St. John, Tom Skerritt, Simon Baker, Monique Mojica
Native Americans made this film about young, unpopular Thomas Builds-the-Fire (Evan Adams) who offers to drive Victor Joseph to Phoenix to pick up his father's remains. Although Thomas tells long boring stories to occupy the time, the two become friends by the end of the journey.
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 Something New 2006 PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Sanaa Hamri
Cast: Sanaa Lathan, Simon Baker, Mike Epps, Donald Faison, Blair Underwood, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Alfre Woodard, Golden Brooks, Taraji P. Henson, John Ratzenberger, Lee Garlington, Earl Billings, Katharine Towne, Stanley DeSantis, K.C. Clyde
With a great professional life, but no romance in her personal world, an L.A. manager of an accounting firm, Kenya (Sanaa Lathan), accepts a blind date with Brian (Simon Baker) who just happens to be a White man. This comedy/drama focuses on the complexities of interracial relationships, and it is filled with great wit and understanding of the factors involved. 1 User Review
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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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| 1. The Affair of the Necklace (2001)
2. The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
3. Judas Kiss (1998)
4. Land of the Dead (2005)
aka: George A. Romero's Land of the Dead
5. The Lodger (2009)
6. The Missing (2003)
7. Most Wanted (1997)
8. Now & Forever (2001)
9. Red Planet (2000)
10. Restaurant (1999)
11. Ride with the Devil (1999)
12. The Ring Two (2005)
13. Smoke Signals (1998)
14. Something New (2006)
15. Sunset Strip (2000)
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