Matthew McConaughey
1) Greenlights
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"Drawing on the Academy Award-winning actor's journals and diaries from the last 40 years, this book presents a uniquely McConaughey approach to achieving success and satisfaction"-- Provided by publisher.
"I've been in this life for fifty years, been trying to work out its riddle for forty-two, and been keeping diaries of clues to that riddle for the last thirty-five." McConaughey sat down with those diaries. He found lessons he learned and forgot,...
3) Interstellar
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From director Christopher Nolan (Inception) comes the story of ex-pilot Cooper (Matthew McConaughey), who must leave his family and Earth behind to lead an expedition beyond this galaxy to discover whether mankind has a future among the stars.
5) Sahara
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Two thrill-seeking adventurers cross paths with a beautiful doctor and they find themselves on the ultimate hunt for a treasure that claims all who seek it.
6) Just because
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"From worrying when excited to forgiving while still hurting, children experience everyday paradoxes as they embrace their full potential."--|cProvided by publisher.
7) Sing
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A koala impresario stages a grand singing competition for the world's animals in order to save his elegant theater and bring it back to its former glory.
"Kids will like the animals and the mayhem and won't mind the predictable plot. Adults should appreciate the entertaining musical pairings."--Globe and Mail
"Sing doesn't have the grit or the grace notes of Zootopia.. No potent metaphors here about predators and victims - the film slides by simply...
9) Gold
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Kenny Wells, a prospector desperate for a lucky break, teams up with a similarly eager geologist and sets off on an amazing journey to find gold in the uncharted jungle of Indonesia. Getting the gold was hard but keeping it is even more difficult, sparking an adventure through the most powerful boardrooms of Wall Street.
10) Gold
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Kenny Wells, a prospector desperate for a lucky break, teams up with a similarly eager geologist and sets off on an amazing journey to find gold in the uncharted jungle of Indonesia. Getting the gold was hard but keeping it is even more difficult, sparking an adventure through the most powerful boardrooms of Wall Street.
11) The Paperboy
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In this crime drama, Matthew McConaughey ("Dallas Buyers Club") stars as a reporter who returns to his Florida hometown to investigate a case involving a death row inmate. Official Selection at the **Tribeca Film Festival** and **Sundance Film Festival**.
12) Bernie
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In small-town Texas, an affable mortician strikes up a friendship with a wealthy widow who soon becomes controlling. With Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine and Matthew McConaughey. Official Selection at the **SXSW Film Festival** and **BFI London Film Festival**.
13) Sahara
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Master explorer Dirk Pitt takes on the adventure of his life when he embarks on a treasure hunt through some of the most dangerous regions of West Africa. Searching for what locals call 'The Ship of Death', a long lost Civil War battleship which protects a secret cargo, Pitt and his wisecracking sidekick Al use their wits and clever heroics to help Doctor Eva Rojas when they realize the ship may be linked to mysterious deaths in the very same area....
14) The gentlemen
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American ex-pat Mickey Pearson built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he's looking to cash out of the business forever, it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.
15) Tip toes
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Carol is an artist, Steven trains firefighters. They've lived together for months and plan to marry soon, except that Steve's left out an important detail about himself and his chromosomes: his parents, twin brother, and many of his relatives are dwarfs. Carol learns this when Steve's brother Rolfe drops by, the day after she discovers she's pregnant. Why hasn't he told her about his family? She calls on them, and they take her to their hearts. But...
16) Serenity
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Baker Dill is a fishing boat captain who leads tours off of the tranquil enclave of Plymouth Island. His peaceful life is soon shattered when his ex-wife Karen tracks him down. Desperate for help, Karen begs Baker to save her -- and their young son -- from her abusive husband. She wants him to take the brute out for a fishing excursion -- then throw him overboard to the sharks. Thrust back into a life that he wanted to forget, Baker now finds himself...
17) Bernie
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In Carthage, TX, assistant funeral director Bernie Tiede is one of the town's most beloved residents. He sings in the church choir and is always willing to lend a helping hand. He befriends an affluent widow, and she soon becomes dependent on Bernie. Later it is reported that Marjorie Nugent has been dead for some time, and Bernie Tiede is charged with the murder.
18) The Beach Bum
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The Beach Bum follows the hilarious misadventures of Moondog, (Matthew McConaughey) a rebellious rogue who always lives life by his own rules.
19) Sing 2
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The ever-optimistic koala Buster Moon and his all-star cast of performers prepare to launch their most dazzling stage extravaganza yet, all in the glittering entertainment capital of the world.
20) Serenity
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Baker Dill is a fishing boat captain that leads tours off Plymouth Island. His quiet life is upended when Karen, his ex-wife, tracks him down to ask him for help. She begs him to save her and their son from her new husband. She requests that Dill take her husband out on a fishing expedition and leave him to the sharks.