David Mamet

David Mamet’s screenwriting debut. Not a remake of the 1946 Lana Turner film, but another adaptation of James M. Cain’s novel. Jack Nicholson plays Frank, an opportunistic drifter who hires on at a rural luncheonette with his eye on the owner’s wife Cora, played by Jessica Lange. The two begin a torrid affair and soon they’re plotting to off her husband. Spoilers follow.

House of Games is a movie about confidence games, but the film isn’t as concerned with conning the audience as much as it is with exploring the nature of people drawn to these games.

The rise and fall of union leader Jimmy Hoffa (Jack Nicholson) as seen through the eyes of one of his longtime associates (Danny DeVito).

A billionaire (Anthony Hopkins) and a photographer (Alec Baldwin) battle the elements and a bear in the Alaskan wilderness.

The Spanish Prisoner is a delicious puzzle of a film made up of great performances and even better dialog.

A special ops agent (Val Kilmer) tracks the president’s kidnapped daughter.