Philip Seymour Hoffman

Anthony Hopkins returns as the malevolent serial killer Dr Hannibal Lecter in this prequel to Silence of the Lambs.

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.

Al Pacino won the Best Actor Oscar (his first) for his portrayal of the overbearing, blind retired Lieutenant Colonel who hires a young guardian (Chris O'Donnell), to assist him.

Sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll and the swinging '60s are up for a laugh in Richard Curtis' (Love Actually) feelgood ensemble comedy. A boat in the North Sea is used to broadcast parent-baiting rock 'n' roll to the UK. Stars Philip Seymour Hoffman and Rhys Darby.

Political drama directed by George Clooney, about an idealistic staffer (Ryan Gosling) working for a newbie presidential candidate (Clooney) who gets a crash course on dirty politics during his stint on the campaign trail.

Writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson follows up his masterpiece There Will Be Blood with this 1950s-set drama, loosely based on the founding of Scientology. Lancaster Dodd  (Philip Seymour Hoffman) is the leader of a cult and Freddie (Joaquin Phoenix)  a troubled veteran who Dodd takes under his wing.

A black comedy about a middle-aged brother and sister (Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney) who've never quite grown up but are suddenly obliged to care for an increasingly out-of-it father who never really cared for them.

Matt Damon, Jude Law and Gwyneth Paltrow star in this psychological thriller fuelled by deception and obsession. Adapted from Patricia Highsmith's novel of the same name.