This is a provocative film about Christine (Sasha Grey), an ordinary 22-year-old woman living in New York. She has a boyfriend, a personal trainer, who earns $125 an hour. Christine charges $2,000 an hour for her work as a call girl. It's a life she keeps secret from everyone who knows her. A direct, non-judgmental look at what draws a woman to become a prostitute. Directed by the Oscar-winning Steven Soderbergh. With Chris Santos. Categories: Comedy. Year: 2009.
Steven Soderbergh in The Girlfriend Experience
This film is based on the true story of Mark Whitacre (Matt Damon), the highest-ranked corporate whistler-blower in American history. Whitacre, who suffered from bi-polar disorder, nevertheless put himself on the line to expose corrupt business practices at Archer Daniels Midland, his employer. The film contrasts his own indiscretions and his struggles with his mental problems against his heroism. Scott Bakula is an FBI agent and Melanie Lynskey plays Whitacre's wife. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. With Joel McHale and Tony Hale. Categories: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2009.
Steven Soderbergh in The Informant!
After helping to overthrow the dictatorship in Cuba, Ernesto "Che" Guevara (Benicio Del Toro), an Argentine doctor, continues his quest to spread a worldwide peasant revolution through guerrilla warfare. Following a speech at the UN General Assembly, Guevara disappears for a time before re-emerging in Bolivia. Unable to gain the same support he enjoyed in Cuba, Guevara finds that the Bolivian campaign is his undoing, and is eventually killed by CIA backed counterinsurgency forces. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. With Julia Ormond, Rodrigo Santoro, Catalina Sandino Moreno and Joaquim de Almeida. Categories: Biography, Drama, History, War, Based on a True Story. Year: 2008.
Steven Soderbergh in Che
Danny Ocean (George Clooney) and his band of professional thieves return to take down Willy Bank (Al Pacino), after the ruthless casino owner double-crossed their pal, Reuben Tishkoff (Elliott Gould). This time, Danny and company will have to team up with their old nemesis, Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia), in order to infitrate the most sophisitcated security system ever developed. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. With Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Ellen Barkin, Bernie Mac, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Don Cheadle, Carl Reiner and Shaobo Qin. Categories: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2007.
Steven Soderbergh in Ocean's Thirteen
Jake Geismer (George Clooney), an American journalist, finds himself in post-World War II Berlin covering the upcoming Potsdam Peace Conference. Having once run a news bureau in Berlin, Jake has also returned to find a lost love, Lena (Cate Blanchett). When Jake's seemingly wholesome and well-meaning driver, Corporal Tully (Tobey Maguire), is found murdered, Jake is drawn into the mystery of his death, puzzled by the idleness the American and Russian authorities. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. With Robin Weigert, Dave Power, Leland Orser and Tony Curran. Categories: Drama, Mystery, War. Year: 2006.
Steven Soderbergh in The Good German
Daniel Ocean (George Clooney) is forced to regroup his team of con artists and thieves in order to pull off three major European heists and pay back his debt to Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia). Adding to their trouble is a dedicated Europol agent (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and a mysterious rival known as the "Night Fox." To come out on top, Ocean's team will have to prove that they are the best by executing their most difficult heist ever. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. With Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Bernie Mac, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon and Elliott Gould. Categories: Comedy, Crime, Thriller. Year: 2004.
Steven Soderbergh in Ocean's Twelve
Danny Ocean (George Clooney) is a charismatic master criminal with a plan for the heist of a lifetime. He wants to rob the vault shared by three of Las Vegas's biggest casinos during a huge boxing match, but he can't do it alone. To accomplish his mission, he assembles a group of ten accomplices, including Brad Pitt and Matt Damon, each with a special skill required to get the job done. When it's revealed that the casinos' owner, the ruthless entrepreneur Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia), is dating Ocean's beautiful ex-wife, Tess (Julia Roberts), it becomes clear that the job is about more than money. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. With Bernie Mac, Casey Affleck, Elliott Gould, Scott Caan, Carl Reiner and Don Cheadle. Categories: Comedy, Thriller, Crime. Year: 2001.
Steven Soderbergh in Ocean's Eleven
Erin Brockovich (Julia Roberts) is an unemployed single mom who convinces her lawyer (Albert Finney) to give her a job after he loses her case. When she begins to investigate the shady dealings of a local corporation, Erin uncovers a conspiracy involving contaminated water that is poisoning a nearby town. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. With Julia Roberts, David Brisbin, Dawn Didawick and Albert Finney. Categories: Politics, Biography, Drama. Year: 2000.
Steven Soderbergh in Erin Brockovich
Working to intercept drug shipments along the border, Mexican policeman Javier Rodriguez (Benicio Del Toro) and his partner are caught between their jobs and the temptation of power and money. Back in the US, Judge Robert Wakefield (Michael Douglas) is named as the new drug czar. As he prepares to supervise the country's task forces and partner with Mexico, he must deal with his increasingly drug-addicted teenage daughter Caroline (Erika Christensen). Directed by Steven Soderbergh. With Catherine Zeta-Jones, Don Cheadle, Luis Guzmán and Topher Grace. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2000.
Steven Soderbergh in Traffic
After his daughter, Jenny (Melissa George), is murdered in Los Angeles, English ex-con Wilson (Terence Stamp) comes to America to find out why. A stranger in a strange land, Wilson teams up with a criminal named Eduardo Roel (Luis Guzmán) to track Terry Valentine (Peter Fonda), a sleazy record producer who was having an affair with Jenny when she was killed. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. With Lesley Ann Warren, Amelia Heinle and Barry Newman. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 1999.
Steven Soderbergh in The Limey
Jack Foley (George Clooney) is a career bank robber with too much ego for his own good. After a successful prison break ends with him kidnapping a female US Marshal named Karen Sisco (Jennifer Lopez), there is an instant attraction between the two, even though they despise what the other does for a living. When Sisco is assigned to bring Foley back to justice, they each must decide where their loyalty lies. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. With Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Isaiah Washington, Steve Zahn, Luis Guzmán, Dennis Farina and Albert Brooks. Categories: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller. Year: 1998.
Steven Soderbergh in Out of Sight