8 Movies Directed by Lana Wachowski

Bound

Bound

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-10-04

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

108 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (38746 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Andy Wachowski

Lana Wachowski

Fullplot:

Corky, a lesbian ex con hired to work in an apartment as a plumber, meets neighbors Caesar, who launders money for the Mafia, and his girlfriend Violet. The two women have a love affair and decide to steal $2,000,000 that Caesar has in custody before he gives them back to Mafia boss Gino Marzone. Caesar is set up by the two scheming women as a scapegoat but things start to go wrong when he reacts in an unexpected way...

The Matrix

The Matrix

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-03-31

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Australia

Runtime:

136 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

8.7 (1080566 Reviews)

Genres:

ActionSci-Fi

Fullplot:

Thomas A. Anderson is a man living two lives. By day he is an average computer programmer and by night a hacker known as Neo. Neo has always questioned his reality, but the truth is far beyond his imagination. Neo finds himself targeted by the police when he is contacted by Morpheus, a legendary computer hacker branded a terrorist by the government. Morpheus awakens Neo to the real world, a ravaged wasteland where most of humanity have been captured by a race of machines that live off of the humans' body heat and electrochemical energy and who imprison their minds within an artificial reality known as the Matrix. As a rebel against the machines, Neo must return to the Matrix and confront the agents: super-powerful computer programs devoted to snuffing out Neo and the entire human rebellion.

The Matrix Reloaded

The Matrix Reloaded

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-05-15

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

USA, Australia

Runtime:

138 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (392826 Reviews)

Genres:

ActionSci-Fi

Cast:

Writer:

Andy Wachowski

Lana Wachowski

Andy Wachowski (characters)

Lana Wachowski (characters)

Fullplot:

Six months after the events depicted in The Matrix, Neo has proved to be a good omen for the free humans, as more and more humans are being freed from the matrix and brought to Zion, the one and only stronghold of the Resistance. Neo himself has discovered his superpowers including super speed, ability to see the codes of the things inside the matrix, and a certain degree of precognition. But a nasty piece of news hits the human resistance: 250,000 machine sentinels are digging to Zion and would reach them in 72 hours. As Zion prepares for the ultimate war, Neo, Morpheus and Trinity are advised by the Oracle to find the Keymaker who would help them reach the Source. Meanwhile Neo's recurrent dreams depicting Trinity's death have got him worried and as if it was not enough, Agent Smith has somehow escaped deletion, has become more powerful than before and has chosen Neo as his next target.

The Matrix Revolutions

The Matrix Revolutions

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-11-05

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

Australia, USA

Runtime:

129 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (338891 Reviews)

Genres:

ActionSci-Fi

Cast:

Writer:

Andy Wachowski

Lana Wachowski

Andy Wachowski (characters)

Lana Wachowski (characters)

Fullplot:

Neo discovers that somehow he is able to use his powers in the real world too and that his mind can be freed from his body, as a result of which he finds himself trapped on a train station between the Matrix and the Real World. Meanwhile, Zion is preparing for the oncoming war with the machines with very little chances of survival. Neo's associates set out to free him from The Merovingian since it's believed that he is the One who will end the war between humans and the machines. What they do not know is that there is a threat from a third party, someone who has plans to destroy both the worlds.

Speed Racer

Speed Racer

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-05-09

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Australia, Germany

Runtime:

135 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (55382 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Andy Wachowski

Lana Wachowski

Tatsuo Yoshida (animated series "Speed Racer")

Fullplot:

The story begins with Speed Racer who is a young man with natural racing instincts whose goal is to win The Crucible, a cross-country car racing rally that took the life of his older brother, Rex Racer. Speed is loyal to the family business, run by his parents Pops and Mom. Pops designed Speed's car, the Mach 5. The owner of Royalton Industries makes Speed a lucrative offer, Speed rejects the offer, angering the owner. Speed also uncovers a secret that top corporate interests, including Royalton, are fixing races and cheating to gain profit. With the offer to Speed denied, Royalton wants to ensure that Speed will not win races. Speed finds support from his parents and his girlfriend Trixie and enters The Crucible in a partnership with his one-time rival, Racer X, seeking to rescue his family's business and the racing sport itself.

Cloud Atlas

Cloud Atlas

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-10-26

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

Germany, USA, Hong Kong, Singapore

Runtime:

172 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (263527 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaSci-Fi

Cast:

Writer:

David Mitchell (novel)

Lana Wachowski (written for the screen by)

Tom Tykwer (written for the screen by)

Andy Wachowski (written for the screen by)

Fullplot:

Everything is connected: an 1849 diary of an ocean voyage across the Pacific; letters from a composer to his lover; a thriller about a conspiracy at a nuclear power plant; a farce about a publisher in a nursing home; a rebellious clone in futuristic Korea; and the tale of a tribe living in post-apocalyptic Seoul, far in the future.

Jupiter Ascending

Jupiter Ascending

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2015-02-06

Languages:

English, Russian

Countries:

USA, UK, Australia

Runtime:

127 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.5 (106083 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Andy Wachowski

Lana Wachowski

Fullplot:

Jupiter Jones was born under a night sky, with signs predicting that she was destined for great things. Now grown, Jupiter dreams of the stars but wakes up to the cold reality of a job cleaning other people's houses and an endless run of bad breaks. Only when Caine Wise, a genetically engineered ex-military hunter, arrives on Earth to track her down does Jupiter begin to glimpse the fate that has been waiting for her all along - her genetic signature marks her as next in line for an extraordinary inheritance that could alter the balance of the cosmos.

Jupiter Ascending

Jupiter Ascending

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2015-02-06

Languages:

English, Russian

Countries:

USA, UK, Australia

Runtime:

127 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.5 (105746 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Andy Wachowski

Lana Wachowski

Fullplot:

Jupiter Jones was born under a night sky, with signs predicting that she was destined for great things. Now grown, Jupiter dreams of the stars but wakes up to the cold reality of a job cleaning other people's houses and an endless run of bad breaks. Only when Caine Wise, a genetically engineered ex-military hunter, arrives on Earth to track her down does Jupiter begin to glimpse the fate that has been waiting for her all along - her genetic signature marks her as next in line for an extraordinary inheritance that could alter the balance of the cosmos.

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