Don Cheadle

Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and featuring an all-star cast, Boogie Nights tells of a young man's stint in the L.A. porn industry of the late '70s.

A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters by affecting the rhythms and speech of hip-hop music and culture in this '90s comedy from the great Warren Beatty.

An earthquake shatters a peaceful Los Angeles morning and opens a fissure deep into the earth, causing lava to start bubbling up in 1997's, Tommy Lee Jones-starring thriller.

Based on the hardboiled mystery novel by Walter Mosley. In 1948 Los Angeles, Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins (Denzel Washington) - a World War II vet - becomes a private investigator despite having no training after being unfairly laid off.