Based on the bestselling novel by Jodi Picoult, this is the story of Anna (Abigail Breslin), a girl who was conceived so that she could help keep alive her older sister, Kate (Sofia Vassilieva). When Kate goes into renal failure and their parents (Cameron Diaz and Jason Patric) want Anna to donate a kidney to her sister, Anna rebels and hires a high-profile lawyer (Alec Baldwin) to sue for her right to keep her own organs. This conflict tears apart the close-knit family, but also brings them together in unexpected ways. Directed by Nick Cassavetes. With, Heather Wahlquist and Evan Ellingson. Categories: Drama. Year: 2009.
Nick Cassavetes in My Sister's Keeper
In the L.A. suburbs, Johnny Truelove (Emile Hirsch) and his friends live a privileged life with too much time and too much money. But, when their initiation of the thug life they idolize from rap music, video games and movies gets out of control, Johnny and his friend Frankie (Justin Timberlake) realize that sooner or later they'll have to face the consequences of their actions. Based on the life of Jesse James Hollywood, one of the youngest men to ever be put on the FBI's most wanted list. Directed by Nick Cassavetes. With Anton Yelchin, Ben Foster, Sharon Stone, Lukas Haas and Bruce Willis. Categories: Crime, Drama. Year: 2006.
Nick Cassavetes in Alpha Dog
An old man (James Garner) reads a story about two young lovers to an old woman (Gena Rowlands) in a nursing home. Allie Hamilton (Rachel McAdams) and Noah Calhoun (Ryan Gosling) meet at a carnival and fall in love, but Allie's parents disapprove of him. After Allie's family moves away, she gets engaged to a handsome young soldier (James Marsden), after receiving no word from Noah. But, before her wedding, Allie stops by to see Noah, and it is evident that they still have feelings for each other. Directed by Nick Cassavetes. With Kevin Connolly and Joan Allen. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2004.
Nick Cassavetes in The Notebook
The true story of how George Jung (Johnny Depp) almost single-handedly created America's cocaine industry, rising from Boston's blue-collar suburbs to become multi-billion dollar trafficker for the Colombian cartels. Rather than working in construction like his father (Ray Liotta), George pursues his own version of the American dream and ends up losing everything that ever mattered to him. Directed byTed Demme. With Penélope Cruz, Franka Potente, Rachel Griffiths, Paul Reubens, Ethan Suplee, Jordi Mollà and Cliff Curtis. Categories: Biography, Crime, Drama, Based on a True Story. Year: 2001.
Nick Cassavetes in Blow
For two minutes, astronaut Spencer Armacost (Johnny Depp) loses total consciousness while on a routine space shuttle mission, returning to Earth barely alive. The President, the nation and his friends celebrate his safe homecoming, but his wife Jillian (Charlize Theron) senses that there is something very different about the man she loves. Directed by Rand Ravich. With Joe Morton and Clea DuVall. Categories: Sci-Fi, Thriller, Horror. Year: 1999.
Nick Cassavetes in The Astronaut's Wife
FBI agent Sean Archer (John Travolta) assumes the identity of sadistic criminal Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage) through the use of a revolutionary plastic surgery technique in order to infiltrate his organization. But, when Troy wakes from a coma and discovers what has happened, he forces the doctors to give him Archer's face and proceeds to take over his life. Directed by John Woo. With Joan Allen and Gina Gershon. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 1997.
Nick Cassavetes in Face/Off