A husband-and-wife team play detective, but not in the traditional sense. Instead, the happy duo helps others solve their existential issues, the kind that keep you up at night, wondering what it all means.

Amsterdam

2022

English

6.1

♡ 113

31%

David O. Russell Director

Robert De Niro as General Gil Dillenbeck

Zoe Saldana as Irma St. Clair

Anya Taylor-Joy as Libby Voze

Margot Robbie as Valerie Voze

In the 1930s, three friends—a doctor, a nurse, and an attorney—witness a murder, become suspects themselves and uncover one of the most outrageous plots in American history.

Silver Linings Playbook

2012

English

7.7

♡ 312

92%

86%

Action

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David O. Russell Director

Anupam Kher as Dr. Cliff Patel

Robert De Niro as Pat Sr.

Jennifer Lawrence as Tiffany

Julia Stiles as Veronica

After losing his job and wife, and spending time in an institution, a former teacher winds up living with his parents. He wants to rebuild his life and reconcile with his wife, but his father would be happy if he shared his obsession with the Philadelphia Eagles. Things get complicated when he meets Tiffany Maxwell who offers to help him reconnect with his wife if he will do something very important for her in exchange.

Three Kings

1999

English

7.1

♡ 127

94%

David O. Russell Director

Nora Dunn as Adriana Cruz

George Clooney as Archie Gates

Judy Greer as Cathy Daitch

Mark Wahlberg as Troy Barlow

A group of American soldiers stationed in Iraq at the end of the Gulf War find a map they believe will take them to a huge cache of stolen Kuwaiti gold hidden near their base, and they embark on a secret mission that's destined to change everything.

Flirting with Disaster

1996

English

6.7

♡ 17

88%

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David O. Russell Director

Josh Brolin as Agent Tony Kent

Ben Stiller as Mel Coplin

Téa Leoni as Tina Kalb

Celia Weston as Valerie Swaney

Adopted as a child, new father Mel Colpin decides he cannot name his son until he knows his birth parents, and determines to make a cross-country quest to find them. Accompanied by his wife, Nancy, and an inept yet gorgeous adoption agent, Tina, he departs on an epic road trip that quickly devolves into a farce of mistaken identities, wrong turns, and overzealous and love-struck ATF agents.

American Hustle

2013

English

7.2

♡ 244

92%

David O. Russell Director

Christian Bale as Irving Rosenfeld

Jennifer Lawrence as Rosalyn Rosenfeld

Amy Adams as Sydney Prosser

Robert De Niro as Victor Tellegio

A conman and his seductive partner are forced to work for a wild FBI agent, who pushes them into a world of Jersey power-brokers and the Mafia.

Accidental Love

2015

English

4.1

♡ 37

9%

David O. Russell Director

Jessica Biel as Alice Eckle

Catherine Dyer as Female Anchor

Jake Gyllenhaal as Howard Birdwell

James Marsden as Scott

A small town waitress gets a nail accidentally lodged in her head causing unpredictable behavior that leads her to Washington, DC. Sparks fly when she meets a clueless young senator who takes up her cause - but what happens when love interferes with what you stand for?

The Fighter

2010

English

7.8

♡ 150

91%

David O. Russell Director

Amy Adams as Charlene Fleming

Christian Bale as Dicky Eklund

Larry Merchant as Fight Announcer

Mark Wahlberg as Micky Ward

Boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being KO'd by drugs and crime.