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</style><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="font-size: 125%; font-style: italic;">Role Models</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="infobox-caption">Theatrical release poster</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="David_Wain" title="David Wain">David Wain</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Screenplay by</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">
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<ul><li>David Wain</li>
<li><a href="Paul_Rudd" title="Paul Rudd">Paul Rudd</a></li>
<li><a href="Ken_Marino" title="Ken Marino">Ken Marino</a></li>
<li>Timothy Dowling</li></ul>
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<ul><li>Timothy Dowling</li>
<li><a href="William_Blake_Herron" title="William Blake Herron">William Blake Herron</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Luke_Greenfield" title="Luke Greenfield">Luke Greenfield</a></li>
<li><a href="Mary_Parent" title="Mary Parent">Mary Parent</a></li>
<li><a href="Scott_Stuber" title="Scott Stuber">Scott Stuber</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Seann_William_Scott" title="Seann William Scott">Seann William Scott</a></li>
<li>Paul Rudd</li>
<li><a href="Christopher_Mintz-Plasse" title="Christopher Mintz-Plasse">Christopher Mintz-Plasse</a></li>
<li><a href="Jane_Lynch" title="Jane Lynch">Jane Lynch</a></li>
<li><a href="Elizabeth_Banks" title="Elizabeth Banks">Elizabeth Banks</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data">Russ T. Alsobrook</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Edited by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Eric_Kissack" title="Eric Kissack">Eric Kissack</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Music by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Craig_Wedren" title="Craig Wedren">Craig Wedren</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Production<br>companies</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="vertical-align: middle;"><a href="Relativity_Media" title="Relativity Media">Relativity Media</a><br>Stuber/Parent Productions</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Distributed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Universal_Pictures" title="Universal Pictures">Universal Pictures</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Release dates</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="plainlist film-date">
<ul><li>October 19, 2008<span style="display: none;"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2008-10-19</span>)</span> (<a href="Austin_Film_Festival" title="Austin Film Festival">AFF</a>)</li>
<li>November 7, 2008<span style="display: none;"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2008-11-07</span>)</span> (United States)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Running time</div></th><td class="infobox-data">99 minutes<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Budget</th><td class="infobox-data">$28 million<sup id="cite_ref-test_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-test-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Box office</th><td class="infobox-data">$92.4 million<sup id="cite_ref-test_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-test-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><i><b>Role Models</b></i> is a 2008 American <a href="Comedy_film" title="Comedy film">comedy film</a> directed by <a href="David_Wain" title="David Wain">David Wain</a>, who co-wrote it with Timothy Dowling, <a href="Paul_Rudd" title="Paul Rudd">Paul Rudd</a> and <a href="Ken_Marino" title="Ken Marino">Ken Marino</a>. The film stars Rudd, <a href="Seann_William_Scott" title="Seann William Scott">Seann William Scott</a>, <a href="Christopher_Mintz-Plasse" title="Christopher Mintz-Plasse">Christopher Mintz-Plasse</a>, <a href="Bobb'e_J._Thompson" title="Bobb'e J. Thompson">Bobb'e J. Thompson</a>, <a href="Jane_Lynch" title="Jane Lynch">Jane Lynch</a>, and <a href="Elizabeth_Banks" title="Elizabeth Banks">Elizabeth Banks</a>. The film follows two <a href="Energy_drink" title="Energy drink">energy drink</a> salesmen, Danny (Rudd) and Wheeler (Scott), who are ordered to perform 150 hours of <a href="Community_service" title="Community service">community service</a> as punishment for various offenses. For their service, the two men work at a program designed to pair children with adult <a href="Role_model" title="Role model">role models</a>.
</p><p>Premiering on October 19, 2008, at the <a href="Austin_Film_Festival" title="Austin Film Festival">Austin Film Festival</a>, <i>Role Models</i> was released theatrically in the United States on November 7. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and was a box office success, grossing $92.4 million worldwide against a $28 million budget. It was nominated for a <a href="Critics'_Choice_Movie_Award_for_Best_Comedy" title="Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Comedy">Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Comedy</a>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2></div>
<p>Danny and Wheeler are salesmen who promote the <a href="Energy_drink" title="Energy drink">energy drink</a> "Minotaur", supposedly to keep kids off <a href="Recreational_drug_use" title="Recreational drug use">drugs</a>. Wheeler loves the job, while Danny considers it pointless and <a href="Dead-end_job" title="Dead-end job">dead-end</a>, making him <a href="Major_depressive_disorder" title="Major depressive disorder">depressed</a> and jaded. Danny's attitude results in the collapse of his relationship with Beth, who breaks up with him after an impulsive proposal.
</p><p>After a botched presentation at a high school, Danny and Wheeler's Minotaur truck is towed from the no-parking zone. Danny tries to free the truck, crashing into a statue after almost hitting a security guard. They are arrested and charged. Beth makes a deal with the judge: they must do 150 hours of community service over the next 30 days, in lieu of 30 days in jail. Their service is with Sturdy Wings, a big brother-big sister program led by Gayle Sweeny, a recovering addict. Wheeler is given Ronnie Shields, a vulgar young boy who has driven away all the other "Bigs" he has been paired with. Danny is assigned Augie Farks, a shy teen obsessed with a <a href="Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">medieval</a> <a href="Live_action_role-playing_game" title="Live action role-playing game">LARPG</a> called "LAIRE" (Live Action Interactive Role-playing Explorers).
</p><p>Danny does not find common ground with Augie, while Ronnie dislikes Wheeler. Danny considers giving up and choosing jail, but Wheeler talks him out of it for fear of possibly getting <a href="Prison_rape" title="Prison rape">raped</a> there. Gradually bonding with their "littles"; Ronnie and Wheeler talk about having been abandoned by their fathers, while Danny learns about Augie's medieval fantasy realm. Ronnie hears about Wheeler's favorite band, <a href="Kiss_(band)" title="Kiss (band)">Kiss</a>, and discovers that Wheeler shares his <a href="Breast_fetishism" title="Breast fetishism">obsession with breasts</a>, which Wheeler teaches him to control. Danny and Augie bond discovering they are both involved in the Sturdy Wings program against their will. Danny joins Augie's LAIRE and tries to get back with Beth, who insists that they remain separated.
</p><p>Danny and Wheeler's good luck is short-lived. When Augie sneaks up on the King of LAIRE, Argotron, the King lies and tells everyone he killed Augie. Defending Augie, Danny confronts and shoves the King, getting them banned from LAIRE permanently. Later at dinner, Danny chides Augie's mother and her boyfriend for their ridicule towards Augie's interests. As they kick Danny out of the house, he retorts, "I'd be psyched if he was my kid." Meanwhile, Wheeler takes Ronnie to a party, but leaves him unsupervised, resulting in Ronnie walking home alone. When both kids' parents ask Sturdy Wings for new mentors, Gayle expels Danny and Wheeler from the program, resulting in both men facing a jail sentence. Although Beth agrees to defend Danny and Wheeler in court, she warns them that they will most likely be sent to jail.
</p><p>Wheeler gets permission from Karen to hang out with Ronnie once he gets out of jail, and Ronnie forgives him. Danny convinces King Argotron to allow him and Augie to fight in the battle royale. However, the King secretly warns the other members of Augie's LAIRE "country" of Xanthia that allowing Augie to fight with them will lead to severe retribution in the game. They call Augie to tell him he is a liability and kicked out of the group. Danny and Augie form a new LAIRE country by asking Wheeler and Ronnie to join them. They arrive with Wheeler's Kiss costumes and a Kiss-themed Minotaur truck, naming their country "Kiss-My-Anthia". Augie finally defeats the king, but Sarah, a hidden player who goes by Esplen in LAIRE, attacks and defeats Augie; crowned the new queen, she chooses Augie as her king-consort. Augie's parents start showing him more support.
</p><p>Impressed that Wheeler and Danny put the children's needs before their own, Gayle smooths over their legal troubles with the judge. Danny serenades Beth with a rendition of the Kiss song "<a href="Beth_(song)" title="Beth (song)">Beth</a>" and they reconcile.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2></div>
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<ul><li><a href="Paul_Rudd" title="Paul Rudd">Paul Rudd</a> as Danny</li>
<li><a href="Seann_William_Scott" title="Seann William Scott">Seann William Scott</a> as Wheeler</li>
<li><a href="Christopher_Mintz-Plasse" title="Christopher Mintz-Plasse">Christopher Mintz-Plasse</a> as Augie</li>
<li><a href="Bobb'e_J._Thompson" title="Bobb'e J. Thompson">Bobb'e J. Thompson</a> as Ronnie</li>
<li><a href="Elizabeth_Banks" title="Elizabeth Banks">Elizabeth Banks</a> as Beth</li>
<li><a href="Jane_Lynch" title="Jane Lynch">Jane Lynch</a> as Gayle</li>
<li><a href="Ken_Jeong" title="Ken Jeong">Ken Jeong</a> as King Argotron</li>
<li><a href="Kerri_Kenney-Silver" title="Kerri Kenney-Silver">Kerri Kenney-Silver</a> as Lynette</li>
<li><a href="Ken_Marino" title="Ken Marino">Ken Marino</a> as Jim</li>
<li><a href="Nicole_Randall_Johnson" title="Nicole Randall Johnson">Nicole Randall Johnson</a> as Karen</li>
<li><a href="A.D._Miles" class="mw-redirect" title="A.D. Miles">A.D. Miles</a> as Martin Gary</li>
<li><a href="Joe_Lo_Truglio" title="Joe Lo Truglio">Joe Lo Truglio</a> as Kuzzik</li>
<li><a href="Vincent_Martella" title="Vincent Martella">Vincent Martella</a> as Artonius</li>
<li><a href="Matt_Walsh_(comedian)" title="Matt Walsh (comedian)">Matt Walsh</a> as Davith of Glencracken</li>
<li>Alexandra "Allie" Stamler|Allie Stamler as Sarah/Queen Esplen</li>
<li><a href="Jessica_Morris" title="Jessica Morris">Jessica Morris</a> as Linda the Teacher</li>
<li><a href="Carly_Craig" title="Carly Craig">Carly Craig</a> as Connie</li>
<li><a href="Keegan-Michael_Key" title="Keegan-Michael Key">Keegan-Michael Key</a> as Duane</li>
<li><a href="Amanda_Righetti" title="Amanda Righetti">Amanda Righetti</a> as Isabel</li>
<li><a href="Jorma_Taccone" title="Jorma Taccone">Jorma Taccone</a> as Mitch from Graphics</li>
<li><a href="Armen_Weitzman" title="Armen Weitzman">Armen Weitzman</a> as Party Dude</li>
<li>Elijah Polanco as Ronnie's Friend</li>
<li>Nate Hartley as Rule Master</li>
<li><a href="Louis_C.K." title="Louis C.K.">Louis C.K.</a> as School Liaison</li></ul>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2></div>
<p>The film was originally announced in December 2006 under the title <i>Big Brothers</i>, with <a href="Luke_Greenfield" title="Luke Greenfield">Luke Greenfield</a> directing and Timothy Dowling writing the script.<sup id="cite_ref-Joblo_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joblo-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On January 22, 2007, a draft of the script credits Moses Port and David Guarascio as writers, with no listing of Dowling.<sup id="cite_ref-CHUD_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CHUD-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During promotion for the film <i><a href="Knocked_Up" title="Knocked Up">Knocked Up</a></i>, Paul Rudd revealed that shooting on <i>Big Brothers</i> was on hiatus while the script was being retooled.<sup id="cite_ref-MTV_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MTV-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> News was later revealed that Rudd was commissioned to write a new draft of the script and <a href="David_Wain" title="David Wain">David Wain</a> had signed on to direct.<sup id="cite_ref-AICN_talkback_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AICN_talkback-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wain later revealed the film was now titled <i>Little Big Men</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Daily_Athenaeum_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Daily_Athenaeum-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Universal Pictures listed the film under the final title <i>Role Models</i>, which made its release on November 7, 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-Uni_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Uni-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was pre-screened at the University of Maryland's Hoff Theater on October 30, 2008, to positive accord.
</p><p>A <a href="Running_gag" title="Running gag">running gag</a> in the film is a song entitled "Love Take Me Down (to the Streets)", which is claimed by Martin to be by the band <a href="Wings_(band)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wings (band)">Wings</a>. In the initial scene at the Sturdy Wings building, Martin begins singing the song, which he claims is "one of their hits from the '70s", a fact which Danny denies. During the credits, the song plays and is listed on the film soundtrack as being performed by "Not Wings". The song was written by Charles Gansa, the film's composer known for his work in the band <a href="Guv'ner" title="Guv'ner">Guv'ner</a>, and <a href="A._D._Miles" title="A. D. Miles">A. D. Miles</a>, who plays Martin in the film. It was written to imitate the style of the music of Wings and performed by Joey Curatolo, a <a href="Paul_McCartney" title="Paul McCartney">Paul McCartney</a> soundalike who performs in the <a href="The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">Beatles</a> tribute band <a href="Rain%3A_A_Tribute_to_the_Beatles" title="Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles">Rain</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Release">Release</h2></div>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Box_office">Box office</h3></div>
<p><i>Role Models</i> opened #2 at the box office behind <i><a href="Madagascar%3A_Escape_2_Africa" title="Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa">Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa</a></i> with $19.2 million. The film made a total of $67,300,955 domestically and $25,201,210 in foreign countries, for a total of $92,502,165 worldwide.<sup id="cite_ref-test_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-test-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Critical_response">Critical response</h3></div>
<p><i>Role Models</i> was met with generally positive reviews. On <a href="Rotten_Tomatoes" title="Rotten Tomatoes">Rotten Tomatoes</a>, the film has a rating of 77%, based on 162 reviews. The site's consensus reads, "<i>Role Models</i> is a frequently crude, always funny comedy with the cast providing solid work throughout."<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On <a href="Metacritic" title="Metacritic">Metacritic</a>, the film holds a rating of 61 out of 100, based on 33 critics, indicating "generally positive reviews".<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In their year end review, <a href="IGN" title="IGN">IGN</a> awarded <i>Role Models</i> with "Best Comedy Film of 2008".<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="Eye_Weekly" title="Eye Weekly">Eye Weekly</a> selected <i>Role Models</i> as one of the best films of 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Home_media">Home media</h3></div>
<p>The DVD was released on March 10, 2009, selling 1,028,207 during its first week generating $17,469,237 in revenue. As of August 10, 2011 the DVD sold 2,555,713 copies and brought in over $40 million in revenue.<sup id="cite_ref-test_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-test-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<td>2008
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<td><a href="St._Louis_Gateway_Film_Critics_Association_Awards_2008" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards 2008">St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards</a>
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</style><div id="Films_directed_by_David_Wain32" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Films directed by <a href="David_Wain" title="David Wain">David Wain</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i><a href="Wet_Hot_American_Summer" title="Wet Hot American Summer">Wet Hot American Summer</a></i> (2001)</li>
<li><i><a href="The_Ten_(film)" title="The Ten (film)">The Ten</a></i> (2007)</li>
<li><i></i> (2008)</li>
<li><i><a href="Wanderlust_(2012_film)" title="Wanderlust (2012 film)">Wanderlust</a></i> (2012)</li>
<li><i><a href="They_Came_Together" title="They Came Together">They Came Together</a></i> (2014)</li>
<li><i><a href="A_Futile_and_Stupid_Gesture_(film)" title="A Futile and Stupid Gesture (film)">A Futile and Stupid Gesture</a></i> (2018)</li></ul>
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<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="The_Break-Up" title="The Break-Up">The Break-Up</a></i> (2006)</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="You%2C_Me_and_Dupree" title="You, Me and Dupree">You, Me and Dupree</a></i> (2006)</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="The_Kingdom_(2007_film)" title="The Kingdom (2007 film)">The Kingdom</a></i> (2007)</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="Welcome_Home_Roscoe_Jenkins" title="Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins">Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins</a></i> (2008)</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><i></i> (2008)</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="Love_Happens_(2009_film)" title="Love Happens (2009 film)">Love Happens</a></i> (2009)</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="Couples_Retreat" title="Couples Retreat">Couples Retreat</a></i> (2009)</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="The_Wolfman_(film)" title="The Wolfman (film)">The Wolfman</a></i> (2010)</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="Repo_Men" title="Repo Men">Repo Men</a></i> (2010)</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="Love_%26_Other_Drugs" title="Love & Other Drugs">Love & Other Drugs</a></i> (2010)</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="Your_Highness" title="Your Highness">Your Highness</a></i> (2011)</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="Safe_House_(2012_film)" title="Safe House (2012 film)">Safe House</a></i> (2012)</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="Battleship_(film)" title="Battleship (film)">Battleship</a></i> (2012)</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="Ted_(film)" title="Ted (film)">Ted</a></i> (2012)</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="Identity_Thief" title="Identity Thief">Identity Thief</a></i> (2013)</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="Endless_Love_(2014_American_film)" title="Endless Love (2014 American film)">Endless Love</a></i> (2014)</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="A_Million_Ways_to_Die_in_the_West" title="A Million Ways to Die in the West">A Million Ways to Die in the West</a></i> (2014)</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="Kill_the_Messenger_(2014_film)" title="Kill the Messenger (2014 film)">Kill the Messenger</a></i> (2014)</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="Ted_2" title="Ted 2">Ted 2</a></i> (2015)</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="Free_State_of_Jones_(film)" title="Free State of Jones (film)">Free State of Jones</a></i> (2016)</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="Central_Intelligence" title="Central Intelligence">Central Intelligence</a></i> (2016)</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="Patriots_Day_(film)" title="Patriots Day (film)">Patriots Day</a></i> (2016)</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="Office_Christmas_Party" title="Office Christmas Party">Office Christmas Party</a></i> (2016)</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="Springsteen%3A_Deliver_Me_from_Nowhere" title="Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere">Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere</a></i> (2025)</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="Frankenstein_(2025_film)" title="Frankenstein (2025 film)">Frankenstein</a></i> (2025)</span></li></ul>
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