Birthday Girl 2001  R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance / Thriller
Director: Jez Butterworth
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Ben Chaplin, Vincent Cassel, Mathieu Kassovitz, Stephen Mangan, Kate Lynn Evans, Alexander Armstrong, Sally Phillips, Jo McInnes, Ben Miller, Jonathan Aris, Katya Barton-Chapple, Rebecca Clarke
Using a "From Russia with Love" website, John Buckingham (Ben Chaplin) gets to know Nadia (Nicole Kidman) by mail. But, when Nadia leaves Russia and comes to England to marry John, he is less than pleased with her and tries to send her back. Next, Nadia's cousins (Vincent Cassel and Mathieu Kassovitz) come knocking on John's door, and, before he can blink an eye, he is involved in a dangerous con game.
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 Brotherhood of the Wolf 2001  R, 142 min.
Genre: Foreign / Adventure / Action / Horror / Mystery
Director: Christophe Gans
Cast: Samuel Le Bihan, Mark Dacascos, Vincent Cassel, Emilie Dequenne, Monica Bellucci, Jean Yanne, Jean-Francois Stevenin, Edith Scob, Hans Meyer, Jeremie Renier, Jacques Perrin, Johan Leysen, Bernard Farcy, Bernard Fresson, Philippe Nahon
According to French legend, in the year 1765 trouble brewed in the form of a beast that killed humans in the mountains of France. Two brave men–one, enlightened Parisian Fronsac (Samuel Le Bihan), and the other, wise native American Iroquois Mani (Mark Dacascos)–are sent by King Louis XV to investigate the uncivilized, backward Gevaudan province, which is far removed from Paris society.
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Derailed 2005  R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Mikael Hafstrom
Cast: Clive Owen, Jennifer Aniston, Vincent Cassel, Melissa George, RZA, Addison Timlin, Tom Conti, Xzibit, Giancarlo Esposito, Sandra Bee, David Morrissey, Rachael Blake, William Armstrong, Richard Leaf
Charles (Clive Owen) and Lucinda (Jennifer Aniston) are in a hotel room about to begin an adulterous affair when a stranger (Vincent Cassel) bursts into the room, knocks Charles unconscious, and rapes Lucinda. Because both are married to others, Charles and Lucinda decide to not report the crime to the police–a mistake that leads to blackmail and more danger in the near future.
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Eastern Promises 2007 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: David Cronenberg
Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Vincent Cassel, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Sinead Cusack, Jerzy Skolimowski, Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse, Aleksander Mikic, Shannon-Fleur Roux, Raza Jaffrey, Josef Altin, Mina E. Mina, Lalita Ahmed
While serving as a midwife in London's Russian emigre section, Anna's (Naomi Watts) patient dies while giving birth. Anna determines to find the baby's family rather than put the baby in the foster-care system. Anna uses the girl's diary, and the clues, albeit in Russian, lead her to Semyon (Armin Mueller-Stahl) who, unknown to Anna, heads a brutal crime family. Semyon wants to get his hands on the diary because of the secrets it holds, and he also wants the baby. But, the diary is not the only thing holding secrets. Semyon's son Dirill (Vincent Cassel) and underling Nickolai (Viggo Mortensen) have their own secrets–some of which are revealed in the diary–and will stop at nothing to get their hands on that diary. Mortensen received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.
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 Irreversible 2002  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: Gaspar Noe
Cast: Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, Albert Dupontel, Philippe Nahon, Jo Prestia, Stephane Drouot, Jean-Louis Costes, Mourad Khima, Christophe Lemaire, Gaspar Noe
This story begins with Marcus (Vincent Cassel) and Pierre (Albert Dupontel) being handcuffed by police and then relates the circumstances leading to the arrest, which involve Alex's (Monica Bellucci) brutal rape (10 minutes of film time) followed by Marcus and Pierre setting out to find the attacker (Joe Prestia) and administer their own form of justice.
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Les Rivieres Pourpres 2000 R, 106 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: The Crimson Rivers
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz
Cast: Jean Reno, Vincent Cassel, Nadia Fares, Dominique Sanda, Karim Belkhadra, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Didier Flamand, Francois Levantal, Francine Berge, Philippe Nahon
Two French policemen–Commissaire Pierre Niemans (Jean Reno) and Lieutenant Max Kerkerian (Vincent Cassel)–follow clues in separate investigations that converge on the perpetrator of grisly serial killings.
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Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc 1999 R, 148 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Luc Besson
Cast: Milla Jovovich, John Malkovich, Faye Dunaway, Dustin Hoffman, Pascal Greggory, Vincent Cassel, Tcheky Karyo, Richard Ridings, Desmond Harrington, Timothy West
The inspired teenage heroine, Joan of Arc (Milla Jovovich) leads the French forces against the English to free her country from foreign domination. This film features realistic 15th-century combat scenes–flaming arrows, catapults, etc.
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 Ocean's Twelve 2004 PG-13, 125 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Casey Affleck, Andy Garcia, Scott Caan, Elliott Gould, Carl Reiner, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Vincent Cassel, Ed Kross, Don Tiffany, Bernie Mack
In this sequel to "Ocean's 11," it is three years after Danny Ocean (George Clooney) and his cohorts stole $160 million in jackpot money from casino owner Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia). Benedict wants his money back and gives Danny two weeks to come up with the cash. It just happens that a valuable Faberge egg is on display at a museum in Rome, and it would provide the needed money. But a cat burglar, the Night Fox (Vincent Cassel), is also in pursuit of the egg. Who will get there first?
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Read My Lips 2001 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
Director: Jacques Audiard
Cast: Vincent Cassel, Emmanuelle Devos, Olivier Gourmet, Olivier Perrier, Olivia Bonamy, Bernard Alane, Celine Samie, Pierre Diot, Serge Boutleroff, Francois Loriquet
An almost-deaf office clerk, Carla (Emmanuelle Devos), and an ex-con, Paul (Vincent Cassal), join forces to beat the office system and, in the process, raise the level of intrigue into the categories of violence and death.
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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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 Shrek 2001  PG, 88 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson
Cast: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, John Lithgow, Vincent Cassel, Peter Dennis, Jim Cummings, Chris Miller, Kathleen Freeman, Clive Pearse, Bobby Block, Cody Cameron
In this excellent animated adventure, Lord Farquaad (voice of John Lithgow) decrees that all fairy tale characters are to be banned from the land and has relocated them to the swamp of the green-skinned ogre, Shrek (voice of Mike Myers). But Shrek wants his privacy and makes a deal with Lord Farquaad to take Donkey (voice of Eddie Murphy) with him to rescue the beautiful Princess Fiona (voice of Cameron Diaz) who will then be exchanged for Shrek's sole rights to the swamp. "Shrek" was the first winner of an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
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| 1. Birthday Girl (2001)
2. Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)
3. Derailed (2005)
4. Eastern Promises (2007)
5. Irreversible (2002)
6. Les Rivieres Pourpres (2000)
aka: The Crimson Rivers
7. Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
8. Ocean's Twelve (2004)
9. Read My Lips (2001)
10. The Reckoning (2004)
11. Shrek (2001)
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