Children of Men (2006)

Summary: In the near-future, a fallen activist agrees to secretely transport a miraculously pregnant woman to safety, where her child’s birth may help scientists save humanity.

Screenplay: Alfonso Cuaron, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, P.D. James (novel)

Director: Alfonso Cuaron

Cast: Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine

“Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid” (1968)

Summary: In the turn-of-the-century American West, inseparable outlaws Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid find that the times they are a-changin’. Fistfights, knifefights, gunfights, heists, chases, stick-ups, and musical interludes ensue.

Screenplay: William Goldman

Director: George Roy Hill

Cast: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross

Minority Report (2002)

Summary:In the future, crooks get caught before they commit crimes, but one of the cops in the special unit that busts them is accused of his own crime and sets out to prove his innocence.

Screenplay: Phillip K. Dick (story), Scott Frank, John Cohen
Director: Steven Spielberg

Cast: Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton

Sideways (2004)

Summary: Two guys approaching middle age with little but disappointment embark on a week long road-trip through California’s wine country, just as one is about to get married.

Screenplay: Rex Pickett (novel), Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
Director: Alexander Payne

Cast: Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh