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1. (2002) Edward Norton stars in this movie as Monty Brogan, a drug dealer whose last day of freedom before going to prison is depicted. Philip Seymour Hoffman plays a high school English teacher, who is Brogan's close friend in the film.
2. (1999) Matt Damon stars in this film as Tom, a New York bathroom attendant who is hired to go to Italy to convince a millionaire's son, Dickie Greenleaf (Jude Law), to return to the States. His mission fails, and Tom eventually ends up impersonating Dickie after he murders him. Philip Seymour Hoffman also appears in this movie as Freddie Miles, Dickie's wild friend.
3. (1997) This film, written by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. Both actors also appear in the film, with Damon starring as Will, a janitor who has a brilliant mind for math but is unwilling to reach his full potential. To avoid going to prison, Will agrees to study math with an MIT professor and see a psychiatrist (Robin Williams). Ben Affleck plays Will's best friend.
4. (1999) This film is about two angels, played by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, who try to re-enter the kingdom of heaven after receiving the boot from God. Their success would lead to the destruction of human existence, so a band of people, including Jay and Silent Bob, a descendant of Jesus Christ, the 13th apostle, and a stripper, join together in an attempt to stop the angels. Among the cast of familar faces is Jason Lee, appearing in this movie as Azrael, a demon.
5. (2000) This film depicts a young boy, William Miller (played by Patrick Fugit), who is given the opportunity to tour with a famous rock band, Stillwater, while writing an article for a magazine. Frances McDormand plays Elaine Miller, William's mother who is reluctant to let him tour with the band. One of the band members is played by Jason Lee.
6. (1996) This film involves a fledgling car salesman, Jerry Lundegard (William H. Macy), who is having financial troubles. He arranges for the kidnapping of his wife so that his father-in-law will have to pay the ransom. One of the men hired to "kidnap" his wife is played by Steve Buscemi. However, the hired men are real airheads who get into trouble by murdering a cop and two others, causing the plan to take the wrong course. Frances McDormand plays the cop, Marge Gunderson, who investigates the murders.
7. (1992) Steve Buscemi plays the neurotic Mr. Pink, a member of a team of total strangers assembled to rob a diamond warehouse. Quentin Tarantino directed this film and also plays the role of Mr. Brown, another member of the team, who is killed in a police ambush when the heist fails. Because the cops show up so quickly when the crime is attempted, the criminals realize that one of the members of the team is a police informant, though they don't know who it is.
8. (1994) In this complexly interwoven crime film, directed by Quentin Tarantino, the paths of the various characters strangely connect. A couple decides to rob a restaurant, two hit men are sent to retrieve a briefcase for their boss, and a boxer, played by Bruce Willis, tries to leave town after killing a man in a boxing match. Quentin Tarantino also has a cameo as Jimmy, the domesticated man to whom the two hitmen go for help.
9. (1995) James Cole (Bruce Willis), a convict living in the year 2035, volunteers to travel back to the year 1996 to find the origins of a mysterious virus that reduced the population to 1% of what it originally was. Due to a mistake, Cole is sent to 1990, where he winds up in a mental institution. Brad Pitt plays Jeffrey Goines, the son of a virus expert/scientist.
10. (1999) After the apartment of Edward Norton's character (known simply as the Narrator) catches on fire, he reaches out to the first person he can think of, Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt), a soap salesman who he had just met on a plane that night. The two band together, forming a male organization whose rules simply state that you are not allowed to talk about the organization.
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