Great Directors: Steven Soderbergh

A profile of the life and filmography is one of the most prolific, artistic and productive directors in Hollywood from FauxNixon.

Top 10 Crime Movies Based on True Stories

The best of the best, here are presented the ten best movies about crime which are based on true stories.

Pu-239 (The Half Life of Timofey Berezin)

Pu-239 is the story of a young family man who works as a technician at a secret nuclear facility in Russia.

Jonas Akerlund's 2002 methamphetamine-themed and -styled movie tells the story of a the drug from its beginnings to its ends

Jonas Akerlund's 2002 film Spun's main character could be said to be the drug methamphetamine, from its beginnings and birth, if you will, to its sale and consumption, to its death inside the consumers.

Stockard Channing is incredible in 1993's unbelieveable play adaption: Six Degrees of Separation

Director Fred Schepisi adapts the play based on the true life of David Hampton into a feature-length film full of fantastic performances by Will Smith, Stockard Channing, Ian McKellen, and Donald Sutherland.

Sam Raimi creates a neo-noir that is at-once a story of innocence, malevolence, and tragedy in A Simple Plan

Sam Rami's 1998 movie A Simple Plan highlights the acting abilities of Hollywood legends Billy Bob Thornton, Bridget Fonda, and Bill Paxton and weaves its tale from a very simple beginning, with a very simple plan and then follows that plan as it becomes more and more complex a …

A profile of famed director Darren Aronofsky of Pi, Requiem for a Dream, and The Fountain fame

The fourth in a series of similar articles written by Nathan Thoms at FauxNixon profiling the work and lives of great directors; this time it is Darren Aronofsky's turn.

Crank, 2006

Hollywood newcomers Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor explode, almost literally, into the world of film with a pulse-pounding action movie filled with thrills and that seems to ooze adrenaline.

1408, 2007

A haunting, psychological thriller that plays off like a minature version of The Shining, again based on a book by Stephen King.

The Incredibles, 2004

Brad Bird's "The Incredibles" is one of the best family movies of the decade. Often when movies are pegged as "family" it simply means that they lack offensive content and are geared towards children and tolerable for adults.

Elf, 2003

A Christmas classic, family comedy featuring Will Ferrell, Ed Asner, Bob Newhart and directed by esteemed director Jon Favreau becomes one of the few new holiday classics.

The Brave One asks when is vigilante justice really justice and when does it go too far?

In The Brave One a woman's vengeance against predators feeding on New York City's innocents calls the viewers attention to a very important moral question: what is justice?

Cloverfield, 2008

Cloverfield lives up to its hype; an innovative, truly frightening horror film from Matt Reeves

Along Came Polly, 2004

Ben Stiller bombs in another cookie-cutter romantic comedy with Jennifer Aniston

28 Days Later, 2002

Danny Boyle and Alex Garland bring a truly chilling horror film to life

Moulin Rouge!, 2001

Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor bring the musical genre soaring back into relevance with Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge!

Phone Booth, 2002

Phone Booth is a better-than-average psychological thriller from director Joel Schumacher

The Butterfly Effect, 2004

Amy Smart glitters in this thriller featuring a time traveling Ashton Kutcher

Lucky Number Slevin, 2006

Lucky Number Slevin is a clever thriller reminiscent of North by Northwest and Alfred Hitchcock

Gone Baby Gone, 2007

Ben Affleck's first time as a director is with one of the greatest films of 2007!

Layer Cake, 2004

Daniel Craig stars in this richly complex and intensely pleasing criminal thriller

The Machinist, 2004

Industrial mystery showcases the impressive acting ability of Christian Bale in The Machinist

Lake Placid, 1999

Oliver Platt and Brendan Gleeson are comedic giants in Lake Placid

The Kingdom, 2007

Jamie Foxx and Ashraf Barhom steal the show in Peter Berg's The Kingdom

The Da Vinci Code, 2006

Tom Hanks almost single-handedly ruins Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code

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