Movies by Neil LaBute
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Cleanflix (2009)
Cast: Daniel Thompson, Ray Lines, Allan Erb …
Directed by: Andrew James, Joshua Ligairi
In this documentary, filmmakers Andrew James and Joshua Ligairi explore the rise and fall of Cleanflicks, a movie rental company that edited offensive material out of Hollywood films to…
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The Wicker Man (2006)
Cast: Neil LaBute, Nicolas Cage, Ellen Burstyn …
In this remake of the 1973 thriller, cop Edward Malus gets more than he bargained for when he looks into a girl's disappearance. The search takes him to a Pacific Northwest island, where…
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A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
Cast: Francis Ford Coppola, William Friedkin, Julie Christie …
Directed by: Ted Demme, Richard LaGravenese
This documentary explores American cinema in the 1970s, a decade often described as the best years in film. What results is an ode to the art form, one that pays homage to the "auteurs" that…
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Independent's Day (1998)
Cast: Steven Soderbergh, Neil LaBute, Robert Redford …
Directed by: Marina Zenovich
At once enlightening, humorous and brutally honest, Marina Zenovich's documentary, which was originally broadcast on the Sundance Channel, explores the world of independent filmmaking by…
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Stars in Shorts (2012)
Cast: Wes Bentley, Judi Dench, Jason Alexander …
Directed by: Robert Festinger, Chris Foggin, Rupert Friend …
From Judi Dench and Colin Firth to Lily Tomlin and Kenneth Branagh, big stars take on small roles in this collection of celebrity-driven short films that explores the strange worlds of…
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Death at a Funeral (2010)
Cast: Chris Rock, Martin Lawrence, Tracy Morgan …
Directed by: Neil LaBute
When an affluent Los Angeles family's beloved patriarch passes away, his dutiful eldest son is in charge of the funeral -- which soon becomes a fiasco thanks to a misplaced corpse and a…
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Lakeview Terrace (2008)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Wilson, Kerry Washington …
Directed by: Neil LaBute
This taut thriller follows Chris and Lisa Mattson as they settle into their dream home, only to be hassled by their off-kilter neighbor, police officer Abel Turner. But as the harassment…
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The Shape of Things (2003)
Cast: Paul Rudd, Rachel Weisz, Gretchen Mol …
Directed by: Neil LaBute
When shy, insecure English student Adam (Paul Rudd) begins a relationship with radical art student Evelyn (Rachel Weisz), she takes charge of his life and brings about extreme emotional --…
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Possession (2002)
Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Aaron Eckhart, Jeremy Northam …
Directed by: Neil LaBute
An American scholar (Aaron Eckhart) discovers that Victorian-era poet Randolph Ash (Jeremy Northam) had a secret affair with lesser-known poet Christabel LaMotte (Jennifer Ehle) -- the…
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Nurse Betty (2000)
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Renée Zellweger, Chris Rock …
Directed by: Neil LaBute
In Neil LaBute's black comedy, Kansas waitress Betty Sizemore (Renee Zellweger in a Golden Globe-winning performance) falls hard for soap opera star George McCord (Greg Kinnear) -- and…
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Your Friends & Neighbors (1998)
Cast: Amy Brenneman, Aaron Eckhart, Catherine Keener …
Directed by: Neil LaBute
Writer-director Neil LaBute's misanthropic black comedy stars Amy Brenneman, Aaron Eckhart, Catherine Keener, Jason Patric, Ben Stiller and Nastassja Kinski as a web of friends,…
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In the Company of Men (1997)
Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Stacy Edwards, Matt Malloy …
Directed by: Neil LaBute
Exiled to a branch office for six weeks, two white-collar middle managers (Matt Malloy and Aaron Eckhart, in his breakout role) come up with a way to kill time: Find an insecure woman,…