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c Cast, d Director, w Writer, m Composer, p Producer, xp Executive Producer
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| L | The Killing of John Lennon | IFC Films | c. Jonas Ball, Krisha Fairchild, Gunter Stern, Gail Kay Bell, Mie Omori, Robert Kirk, Richard Sherman
d. & w. Andrew Piddington m. Martin Kiszko
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| 4
| W | One Missed Call | Warner Bros. Pictures | c. Shannyn Sossamon, Ed Burns, Ana Talancón, Azura Skye, Ray Wise
d. Eric Valette w. Andrew Klavan m. Reinhold Heil
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| 11
| W | 27 Dresses | 20th Century Fox | c. Katherine Heigl, James Marsden, Malin Åkerman, Judy Greer, Ed Burns
d. Anne Fletcher w. Aline Brosh McKenna m. Randy Edelman
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| First Sunday | Sony (Screen Gems) | c. Ice Cube, Katt Williams, Tracy Morgan, Loretta Devine, Michael Beach, Keith David, Regina Hall, Malinda Williams, Chi McBride
d. & w. David E. Talbert m. Stanley Clarke, p. Tim Story
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| In the Name of the King | Freestyle Releasing | c. Jason Statham, Leelee Sobieski, Ron Perlman, John Rhys-Davies, Claire Forlani, Matthew Lillard, Kristanna Loken, Tania Saulnier, Brian J. White, Ray Liotta, Burt Reynolds
d. Uwe Boll w. Doug Taylor, Glenn M. Benest m. Henning Lohner
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| The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything | Universal Pictures | d. Mike Nawrocki w. Phil Vischer m. Kurt Heinecke
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| 18
| W | Cloverfield | Paramount Pictures | p. J.J. Abrams
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| Mad Money | Yari Film Group | c. Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah, Katie Holmes, Ted Danson, Stephen Root, Christopher McDonald, Roger Cross
d. Callie Khouri w. Glenn Gers m. James Newton Howard p. James Acheson, xp. Avi Lerner, Boaz Davidson
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| 25
| W | How She Move | Paramount Vantage | c. Kevin Duhaney, Shawn Desman, Daniel Morrison, Kardinal Offishall, Djanet Sears, Mya
d. Ian Iqbal Rashid w. Annmarie Morais m. Andrew Lockington
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| Meet the Spartans | 20th Century Fox | c. Diedrich Bader, Kevin Sorbo, Method Man, Jim Piddock, Sean Maguire, Travis Van Winkle, Greg Ellis
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| Rambo | Lions Gate Films | c. Sylvester Stallone, Julie Benz, Paul Schulze, Matthew Marsden, Graham McTavish, Ken Howard, Jake La Botz
d. & w. Sylvester Stallone m. Brian Tyler p. Avi Lerner xp. Boaz Davidson
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| Untraceable | Sony (Screen Gems) |
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| L | Be Kind Rewind | New Line Cinema | c. Jack Black, Mos Def, Danny Glover, Mia Farrow d. Michel Gondry
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‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release.
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| Leatherheads | Universal Pictures | George Clooney, Renée Zellweger, John Krasinski
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| Nim’s Island[citation needed] | 20th Century Fox | Jodie Foster, Abigail Breslin, Gerard Butler
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| Wild Child | Universal Pictures | Emma Roberts
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| Shine a Light | Paramount Classics | Martin Scorsese, The Rolling Stones
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| The Ruins | Paramount (DreamWorks) | Jonathan Tucker, Jena Malone, Shawn Ashmore, Laura Ramsey, Joe Anderson
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| Henry Poole Is Here[citation needed] | MGM | Luke Wilson
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| 8
| Goal! 2: Living the Dream... | Walt Disney Pictures | Kuno Becker, Alessandro Nivola, Anna Friel, Stephen Dillane, Leonor Varela
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| 11
| Prom Night | Sony (Screen Gems) | Brittany Snow
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| Smart People | MGM/Miramax Films | Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Thomas Haden Church
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| College | Lions Gate Films | Drake Bell, Andrew Caldwell, Ryan Pinkston
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| Mama, I Want to Sing! | CodeBlack Entertainment | Ciara, Lynn Whitfield, Patti LaBelle, Hill Harper, Billy Zane
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| 18
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| Baby Mama | Universal | Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Greg Kinnear
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| The Forbidden Kingdom | Lionsgate | Jet Li, Jackie Chan
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| The Rocker | 20th Century Fox | Christina Applegate, Rainn Wilson
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| 25
| Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay | New Line Cinema | Kal Penn, John Cho
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| Repo! The Genetic Opera | Lionsgate | Tobin Bell, Paris Hilton
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| Big Stan | Yari Film Group | Rob Schneider
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| The List[citation needed] | 20th Century Fox | Ewan McGregor, Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Maggie Q
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| Amusement[citation needed] | Picturehouse
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| Iron Man | Paramount Pictures | Robert Downey, Jr., Terrance Howard, Jeff Bridges, Gwenyth Paltrow
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| Space Chimps | 20th Century Fox | Andy Samberg, Jeff Daniels, Cheryl Hines, Kenan Thompson
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| Made of Honor | Sony (Columbia Pictures) | Michelle Monaghan, Patrick Dempsey
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| 9
| Speed Racer | Warner Bros. Pictures | Emile Hirsch, John Goodman, Susan Sarandon, Christina Ricci, Matthew Fox
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| 16
| The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | Buena Vista (Walt Disney Pictures) | Georgie Henley, Anna Popplewell, William Moseley, Skandar Keynes
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| What Happens in Vegas... | Paramount Vantage | Ashton Kutcher, Cameron Diaz
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| Midnight Meat Train | Lionsgate | Vinnie Jones, Brooke Shields, Bradley Cooper, Roger Bart
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| 22
| Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Dreamworks Pictures | Harrison Ford, Shia LaBeouf, Cate Blanchett, Ray Winstone
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| 30
| Forgetting Sarah Marshall | Rogue Pictures | Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis
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| Starship Dave | 20th Century Fox | Eddie Murphy
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| Sex and the City: The Movie | New Line Cinema | Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, Chris Noth, Mario Cantone, Jennifer Hudson
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| Kung Fu Panda | Paramount (DreamWorks) | Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan, Angelina Jolie, Lucy Liu
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| You Don't Mess with the Zohan | Sony Pictures (Columbia Pictures) | Adam Sandler
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| The Happening | Paramount Classics | Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel
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| The Incredible Hulk | Universal Pictures | Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, William Hurt
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| Get Smart | Warner Bros. Pictures | Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Alan Arkin, Ken Davitian, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
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| The Love Guru | Focus Features | Mike Myers, Jessica Alba, Ben Kingsley, Verne Troyer, Romany Malco, Justin Timberlake
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| WALL-E | Buena Vista (Walt Disney Pictures) | Ben Burtt
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| Wanted | Universal Pictures | Morgan Freeman, James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie
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| Hancock | Sony (Columbia Pictures) | Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman
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| Kit Kittredge: An American Girl | New Line (Picturehouse) | Abigail Breslin
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| Neanderthals | Sony Pictures Entertainment |
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| 11
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| Hellboy II: The Golden Army | Universal Pictures | Ron Perlman, Selma Blair
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| Tropic Thunder | Paramount (DreamWorks) | Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Bill Hader
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| 18
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| The Dark Knight | Warner Bros. Pictures | Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal
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| Mamma Mia! | Universal Pictures | Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan
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| 25
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| Step Brothers | Sony (Columbia Pictures) | Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly
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| Untitled Ice Cube Family Comedy[citation needed] | MGM | Ice Cube
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| Untitled X-Files Sequel (aka "Done One") | 20th Century Fox | David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Amanda Peet, Xzibit, Billy Connolly
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| South of the Border | Hollywood Pictures | Drew Barrymore, Andy Garcia, Salma Hayek, George Lopez
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| The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | Universal Pictures |
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| He's Just Not That Into You | Universal Pictures, Miramax Films | Drew Barrymore, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Connelly, Kris Kristofferson, Justin Long
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| Eagle Eye | Paramount (Dreamworks) | Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Billy Bob Thornton, Rosario Dawson, Jason Mewes
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| The Pineapple Express | Sony (Columbia Pictures) | Seth Rogen, James Franco
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| Journey 3-D | New Line Cinema | Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson
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| The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 | Warner Bros. Pictures | Alexis Bledel, America Ferrera, Blake Lively
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| Blindness | The Weinstein Company | Mark Ruffalo, Julianne Moore, Gael Garcia Bernal, Danny Glover
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| 15
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| Dragonball | 20th Century Fox | Justin Chatwin, James Marsters, Emmy Rossum, Jamie Chung, Chow Yun-Fat, Joon Park, Eriko Tamura
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| The International | Sony Pictures (Columbia Pictures) | Naomi Watts, Clive Owen
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| Case 39 | Paramount | Renée Zellweger, Ian McShane
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| I Know What Boys Like | Sony (Columbia Pictures) | Anna Faris, Katharine McPhee
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| Trailer Trash[citation needed] | MGM | Eli Roth (contributor)
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| Babylon A.D. | 20th Century Fox | Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh
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| Horrorween | Adirondack International Pictures | Chuck Lamb, Ed Meyer
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| Clive Barker Presents: Hellraiser | MGM (Weinstein Company) |
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| Punisher: War Zone | Lionsgate | Ray Stevenson, Dominic West, Wayne Knight, Dash Mihok, Colin Salmon, Doug Hutchinson
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| Nights in Rodanthe | Warner Bros. Pictures | Diane Lane, Richard Gere, James Franco, Scott Glenn
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| Lakeview Terrace | Sony Pictures (Screen Gems) | Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Wilson, Kerry Washington
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| Nothing But the Truth | Yari Film Group | Kate Beckinsale, Matt Dillon, Angela Bassett
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| My Best Friend's Girl | Lionsgate | Dane Cook, Kate Hudson
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| Death Race | Universal Pictures | Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Ian McShane, Tyrese Gibson
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| NowhereLand | Dreamworks PicturesWarner Bros. | Eddie Murphy
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| Valkyrie | MGM (United Artists) | Tom Cruise, Bill Nighy, Kenneth Branagh
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| Where the Wild Things Are | Warner Bros. | Catherine Keener, Max Records, James Gandolfini, Rachel Rivera, Forest Whitaker, Melissa Davis, Michelle Williams, Catherine O'Hara, Tom Noonan, Paul Dano, Angus Sampson, Steve Mouzakis,
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| RocknRolla | Warner Bros. | Gerald Butler, Thandie Newton, Jeremy Piven, Idris Elba, Tom Wilkinson, Ludacris
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| Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist | Sony (Columbia Pictures) | Michael Cera
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| 10
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| City of Ember | 20th Century Fox | Bill Murray, Toby Jones, Saoirse Ronan, Harry Treadaway, Mackenzie Crook, Mary Kay Place, Liz Smith, Lucinda Dryzek
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| Body of Lies | Warner Bros. | Leonardo DiCaprio, Russel Crowe
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| The Express | Universal Pictures | Dennis Quaid, Rob Brown
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| Soul Men | MGM (Weinstein) | Samuel L. Jackson, Bernie Mac
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| The Women | Picturehouse | Annette Bening, Meg Ryan, Eva Mendes
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| 17
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| Scanners | MGM | Darren Lynn Bousman (director)
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| Quarantine | Sony Pictures (Screen Gems) |
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| The Lonely Maiden | Yari Film Group | William H. Macy, Christopher Walken, Morgan Freeman
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| 24
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| Igor | MGM (Weinstein | John Cusack, Steve Buscemi, Molly Shannon,
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| Saw V | Lionsgate | Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor
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| The Nightmare Before Christmas (2008 re-issue) | Walt Disney Pictures | Chris Sarandon, Danny Elfman
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| Scary Movie 5 | Dimension Films | David Zucker (director)
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| Bond 22 | Sony/MGM (Columbia Pictures) | Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Giancarlo Giannini, Mathieu Amalric <ref> Olly Richards
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| Madagascar 2: The Crate Escape | Paramount (DreamWorks) | Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Raven Symone, David Schwimmer
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| 14
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| Four Christmases | New Line Cinema | Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon, Sissy Spacek, Mary Steenburgen, Kristin Chenoweth, Robert Duvall
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| 21
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| Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Warner Bros. Pictures | Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Michael Gambon, Jim Broadbent, Bonnie Wright, Tom Felton, David Thewlis, Helena Bonham Carter, Helen McCrory
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| 26
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| Bolt | Walt Disney Pictures | John Travolta, Thomas Haden Church, Woody Harrelson, Bernie Mac, Mario Cantone
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| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Paramount Pictures | Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, Elle Fanning, Julia Ormond, Jason Flemyng
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| The Day the Earth Stood Still | 20th Century Fox | Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates
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| Seven Pounds[citation needed] | Sony (Columbia Pictures) | Will Smith, Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson
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| 19
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| Revolutionary Road | Paramount (DreamWorks) | Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Michael Shannon
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| The Tale of Despereaux | Universal Pictures | Dustin Hoffman, William H. Macy, Christopher Lloyd, Kevin Kline
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| Yes Man | Warner Bros. | Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel
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| Marley & Me | 20th Century Fox | Jennifer Aniston, Owen Wilson
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| 25
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| Star Trek | Paramount Pictures | Zachary Quinto, Chris Pine, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Zoë Saldaña, Anton Yelchin, Eric Bana, Leonard Nimoy
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| Bedtime Stories[citation needed] | Walt Disney Pictures | Adam Sandler, Raven-Symoné
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| Fame | MGM |
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| 26
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| 9 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Elijah Wood, Christopher Plummer, John C. Reilly, Martin Landau, Jennifer Connelly, Crispin Glover
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