Section Eight

Ocean's Eleven

Steven Soderbergh 2001 1h 56m 7.9

Ocean's Eleven is a remake on the original 1960's film of the same name starring the "Rat Pack" yet this time with a modern star studded line up. In the film an infamous gangster named Danny Ocean leads a group of eleven friends to rob the biggest casino vault in Las Vegas during a popular boxing match.

A Scanner Darkly

Richard Linklater 2006 1h 40m 7.6

An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.

Insomnia

Christopher Nolan 2002 1h 58m 7.2

Al Pacino stars as detective Dormer who is looking for the culprits who made him take the blame for a crime. The internal affairs office in Los Angeles meanwhile sends him to Alaska to investigate the death of a 17 year old. The film is a remake of the 1997 Norwegian film of the same name.

Michael Clayton

Tony Gilroy 2007 2h 7.1

Michael Clayton is working for a large law firm. He does the dirty work. When a client gets into trouble for driving through after a car accident he looks after it and makes sure it is settled before it goes to trial. He gets into trouble as one of the top lawyer of the firm looses it and starts working with the opponents of his clients.

Ocean's Twelve

Steven Soderbergh 2004 2h 5m 6.5

Danny Ocean reunites with his old flame and the rest of his merry band of thieves in a caper concerning three huge heists in Rome, Paris and Amsterdam. But Europol agent Isabel Lahiri is hot on their heels.

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

George Clooney 2002 1h 53m 7.2

Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" is the story of a legendary showman's double life - television producer by day, CIA assassin by night. At the height of his TV career, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA and trained to become a covert operative. Or so Barris said.

Ocean's Thirteen

Steven Soderbergh 2007 2h 2m 6.9

When Reuben Tishkoff is double-crossed in a real state business with a luxury hotel in Las Vegas by Willie Bank, he has a heart attack. Danny Ocean and Rusty Ryan plots a heist with their friends to revenge Reuben breaking Bank's casino.

The Good German

Steven Soderbergh 2006 1h 48m 6.1

An American journalist arrives in Berlin just after the end of World War Two. He becomes involved in a murder mystery surrounding a dead GI who washes up at a lakeside mansion during the Potsdam negotiations between the Allied powers. Soon his investigation connects with his search for his married pre-war German lover.

Syriana

Stephen Gaghan 2005 2h 8m 6.4

The complicated political thriller tells the narrowing tale of the oil industry. A CIA agent, an impecunious Pakistani, an expert engineer, and an Arabish Emir; all of who’s lives are tied to this black gold tell each of their oil trading stories.

The Jacket

John Maybury 2005 1h 43m 7.0

A military veteran goes on a journey into the future, where he can foresee his death and is left with questions that could save his life and those he loves.

Far from Heaven

Todd Haynes 2002 1h 47m 6.5

In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife's life is upended by a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in society.

Good Night, and Good Luck.

George Clooney 2005 1h 32m 7.3

Taking place during the early days of broadcast journalism in 1950's America, a chronicle of the real-life conflict between television news man Edward R. Murrow and Senator Joseph McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee.

The Informant!

Steven Soderbergh 2009 1h 48m 6.3

What was Mark Whitacre thinking? A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Whitacre suddenly turns whistleblower. Even as he exposes his company’s multi-national price-fixing conspiracy to the FBI, Whitacre envisions himself being hailed as a hero of the common man and handed a promotion.