John Cusack

Spike Lee adapts the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes and sets it in modern-day, gang-riddled Chicago. After the murder of a child by a stray bullet, a group of women rally against the on-going violence in the Southside...

Elijah Wood leads this psychological thriller as a pianist, formerly disgraced when he choked on stage. Now, again in a packed theatre, he sits down at his piano only to find the following message on his music sheet: “Play one wrong note and you die.”

John Cusack leads this romantic comedy as record store owner Rob. As an ode to his broken love life, Rob applies his compulsive musical list-making habits to previous relationships, counting off his Top Five breakups – including the one that’s about to happen. Directed by Stephen Frears (who would go on to direct The Queen), based on the novel by Nick Hornby (with the setting moved from London to Chicago). 

Documentary bio of The Clash lead singer Joe Strummer

The life of reclusive Beach Boys singer-songwriter Brian Wilson, from his genre-defining album Pet Sounds to his nervous breakdown and treatment by a controversial shrink. Paul Dano and John Cusack play younger and older versions of Wilson.

David Cronenberg directs Mia Wasikowska, Julianne Moore, Robert Pattinson and a menacing John Cusack in this multi-narrative dark comedy/satire on Hollywood and its toxic effect. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes 2014.

John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Rachel Weisz and Dustin Hoffman star in this legal thriller, based on the John Grisham novel, about a court trial involving a major gun manufacturer and the two people attempting to manipulate the jurors.

Exhaustively researched documentary on author J.D. Salinger, the reclusive author of The Catcher in the Rye. Compiled from five years of research and over 150 interview subjects, including Tom Wolfe, Gore Vidal, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ed Norton and Danny DeVito.

Black-and-white comedy film written and directed by and starring Woody Allen, based on his one-act play Death. Co-stars Mia Farrow.

Period mystery-drama centred on an American expat and his grim return to a Japanese-occupied Shanghai, set four months before Pearl Harbour. Stars John Cusack, Chow Yun-Fat and Ken Watanabe. Written by screenwriter Hossein Amini (Drive).

Forest Whitaker is Cecil Gaines - a White House butler who served eight American presidents over three decades - in this chronicle of the American civil rights movements from director Lee Daniels (Precious).

Set in America during The Great Depression, this Disney family adventure follows a tomboy (Meredith Salenger) who takes it upon herself to journey over 3,000km to be with her father. 

John Cusack leads this CIA thriller as a black ops agent, dropped down the ranks after failing a psychological exam. Awarded the seemingly simple task of protecting a code announcer (Malin Akerman, Watchmen), they are soon confronted by a deadly ambush...

Action thriller starring Bruce Willis, John Cusack and 50 Cent, about a retired assassin who is thrown back into the murder business when his daughter is kidnapped.

John Cusack (High Fidelity) stars as famed American author Edgar Allan Poe in this fictionalised thriller. The macabre writer is pitted against a serial killer who utilises the inventive murder methods described in Poe's mystery stories. From the director of V For Vendetta.

Epic war drama featuring a star-studded ensemble cast. Nominated for seven Oscars, and won director Terrence Malick the Golden Berlin Bear.

In this darkly comic conspiracy series adapted from the UK original by screenwriter Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl), fans of a comic called "Utopia" discover hidden meanings within its pages alluding to threats to humanity.