1. The Devil's Advocate
Initial release: October 17, 1997 (USA)
Director: Taylor Hackford
Story by: Andrew Neiderman
Music director: James Newton Howard
Screenplay: Jonathan Lemkin, Tony Gilroy
After a heist in Venice, Steve (Edward Norton) turns on his partners in crime, killing safecracker John Bridger (Donald Sutherland) and keeping all the gold for himself. The rest of the team, including leader Charlie Croker (Mark Wahlberg), driver Handsome Rob (Jason Statham), explosives man Left Ear (Mos Def) and tech geek Lyle (Seth Green), vows revenge. They enlist the help of Bridger's daughter, Stella (Charlize Theron), and plot to recover the gold from Steve's Los Angeles mansion.
Initial release: May 30, 2003 (USA)
Director: F. Gary Gray
Running time: 1h 51m
Sequel: The Brazilian Job
Adapted from: The Italian Job
3. Men of Honor
Carl Brashear (Cuba Gooding Jr.) is an ambitious sharecropper who joins the U.S. Navy to become the world's first black master diver. But as he works through diving training, the bitter and racist Master Chief Billy Sunday (Robert De Niro) sets out to make Carl's journey as difficult as possible. Despite the entire Navy doubting his potential and sabotaging his training, the determined Carl proves that he can overcome the discrimination around him.
Release date: February 9, 2001 (India)
Director: George Tillman, Jr.
Running time: 2h 9m
Music director: Mark Isham
Nominations: NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
4. Hancock
A scruffy superhero named Hancock (Will Smith) protects the citizens of Los Angeles but leaves horrendous collateral damage in the wake of every well-intentioned feat. That's OK with Hancock; he doesn't care what people think and is just as likely to be found dozing on a park bench as saving a damsel in distress. However, after saving the life of a PR executive (Jason Bateman) and meeting the man's beautiful wife (Charlize Theron), he realizes that he may have a sensitive side after all.
Release date: July 11, 2008 (India)
Director: Peter Berg
Budget: 150 million USD
Producers: Will Smith, Michael Mann, Akiva Goldsman, James Lassiter
Screenplay: Vince Gilligan, Vy Vincent Ngo
Just released from prison, all Rudy Duncan (Ben Affleck) wants is to start a new life with Ashley (Charlize Theron), the girl of his dreams, whom he met through pen pal letters in prison. But between them and happiness stands her crazy brother, Gabriel (Gary Sinise), and his motley crue of deadly criminals who think Rudy has some inside information about a casino where he once had a job -- a casino Gabriel and his short-fused posse plan to take down.
Initial release: February 24, 2000 (Puerto Rico)
Director: John Frankenheimer
Running time: 2h 4m
Music director: Alan Silvestri
Initial DVD release: August 8, 2000
As a child living in Africa, Jill Young (Charlize Theron) saw her mother killed while protecting wild gorillas from poachers led by Andrei Strasser (Rade Serbedzija). Now an adult, Jill cares for an orphaned gorilla named Joe -- who, due to a genetic anomaly, is 15 feet tall. When Gregg O'Hara (Bill Paxton) arrives from California and sees the animal, he convinces Jill that Joe would be safest at his wildlife refuge. But Strasser follows them to the U.S., intent on capturing Joe for himself.
Initial release: December 25, 1998 (USA)
Director: Ron Underwood
Running time: 1h 54m
Music director: James Horner
Initial DVD release: March 23, 1999
7. Aeon Flux
In the 25th century, the Earth's population has dwindled to a surviving five million following a devastating virus that almost resulted in the extinction of all human life 400 years earlier. Confined to one city-state, a group of rebels, led by Handler (Frances McDormand), seeks to destroy the oppressive government -- first, by assassinating a high-ranking chairman (Marton Csokas). Tasked with this mission, Aeon Flux (Charlize Theron) must integrate herself in a world of deceit and mystery.
Initial release: December 1, 2005
Director: Karyn Kusama
Adapted from: Æon Flux
Costume design: Beatrix Aruna Pasztor
Story by: Peter Chung
When astronaut Spencer Armacost (Johnny Depp) returns to Earth after a mission that nearly cost him his life, he decides to take a desk job in order to see his beautiful wife, Jillian (Charlize Theron), more often. Gradually, Jillian notices that Spencer's personality seems to have changed, but her concerns fade when she discovers that she's pregnant. As Jillian grows closer to becoming a mother, her suspicions about Spencer return. Why does it seem as if he's a different person?
Initial release: August 27, 1999
Director: Rand Ravich
Running time: 1h 50m
Initial DVD release: February 8, 2000
Budget: 34 million USD
Nelson Moss (Keanu Reeves) and Sara Deever (Charlize Theron) have nothing in common except an hour spent in DMV hell. Intrigued by each other, but not quite ready to commit, they settle on a rather unconventional courtship: a one-month trial, after which they'll go their separate ways. No expectations. No pressure. No strings attached. What neither of them counts on is falling in love.
Initial release: February 12, 2001 (USA)
Director: Pat O'Connor
Music director: Christopher Young
Screenplay: Herman Raucher, Kurt Voelker
Story by: Kurt Voelker, Paul Yurick
10. Monster
Shortly after moving to Florida, longtime prostitute Aileen Wuornos (Charlize Theron) meets young and reserved Selby Wall (Christina Ricci) and a romance blossoms. When a john (Lee Tergesen) attempts to brutalize Aileen, she kills him and resolves to give up prostitution. But supporting herself and her new girlfriend through legitimate means proves extremely difficult, and she soon falls back on old ways. More johns die, and Selby can't help but think her new friend is responsible.
Initial release: December 17, 2003 (USA)
Director: Patty Jenkins
Running time: 1h 49m
Screenplay: Patty Jenkins
Awards: Academy Award for Best Actress
