5 Movies Directed by Matthew Vaughn

Layer Cake

Layer Cake

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-06-03

Languages:

English, Romanian

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (124790 Reviews)

Director:

Matthew Vaughn

Cast:

Writer:

J.J. Connolly (screenplay)

J.J. Connolly (novel)

Fullplot:

Stardust

Stardust

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-08-10

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA, Iceland

Runtime:

127 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (199516 Reviews)

Director:

Matthew Vaughn

Cast:

Writer:

Jane Goldman (screenplay)

Matthew Vaughn (screenplay)

Neil Gaiman (novel)

Fullplot:

The passage from this world to the fantasy kingdom of Stormhold is through a breach in a wall beside an English village. In the 1800s, a boy becomes a man when he ventures through the breach in pursuit of a fallen star, to prove his love for the village beauty. The star is no lump of rock, it's a maiden, Yvaine. Tristan, the youth, is not the only one looking for her: three witches, led by Lamia, want her heart to make them young; and, the sons of the dead king of Stormhold want her because she holds a ruby that will give one of them title to the throne. Assisting Tristan are his mother, the victim of a spell, and a cross-dressing pirate of the skies. Will Tristan win his true love?

Kick-Ass

Kick-Ass

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-04-16

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

117 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (400094 Reviews)

Director:

Matthew Vaughn

Genres:

ActionComedy

Cast:

Writer:

Jane Goldman (screenplay)

Matthew Vaughn (screenplay)

Mark Millar (comic book)

John Romita Jr. (comic book)

Fullplot:

Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan with a few friends and who lives alone with his father. His life is not very difficult and his personal trials not that overwhelming. However, one day he makes the simple decision to become a super-hero even though he has no powers or training.

X-Men: First Class

X-Men: First Class

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-06-03

Languages:

English, German, French, Spanish, Russian

Countries:

USA, UK

Runtime:

132 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (461512 Reviews)

Director:

Matthew Vaughn

Cast:

Writer:

Ashley Miller (screenplay)

Zack Stentz (screenplay)

Jane Goldman (screenplay)

Matthew Vaughn (screenplay)

Sheldon Turner (story)

Bryan Singer (story)

Fullplot:

Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were archenemies, they were closest of friends, working together, with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known. In the process, a rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto's Brotherhood and Professor X's X-MEN.

Kingsman: The Secret Service

Kingsman: The Secret Service

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2015-02-13

Languages:

English, Arabic, Swedish

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

129 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (271917 Reviews)

Director:

Matthew Vaughn

Cast:

Writer:

Jane Goldman (screenplay)

Matthew Vaughn (screenplay)

Mark Millar (comic book "The Secret Service")

Dave Gibbons (comic book "The Secret Service")

Fullplot:

Based upon the acclaimed comic book and directed by Matthew Vaughn, Kingsman: The Secret Service tells the story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.

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