Argo (2012)

Actors: Richard Kind (actor), Barry Livingston (actor), Zeljko Ivanek (actor), Philip Baker Hall (actor), John Goodman (actor), Bob Gunton (actor), Michael Chieffo (actor), Bryan Cranston (actor), Alan Arkin (actor), Victor Garber (actor), Jimmy Carter (actor), Tate Donovan (actor), Ben Affleck (actor), Michael Parks (actor), Scoot McNairy (actor),

Plot: In 1979, the American embassy in Iran was invaded by Iranian revolutionaries and several Americans were taken hostage. However, six managed to escape to the official residence of the Canadian Ambassador and the CIA was ordered to get them out of the country. With few options, exfiltration expert Tony Mendez devised a daring plan: create a phony Canadian film project looking to shoot in Iran and smuggle the Americans out as its production crew. With the help of some trusted Hollywood contacts, Mendez created the ruse and proceeded to Iran as its associate producer. However, time was running out with the Iranian security forces closing in on the truth while both his charges and the White House had grave doubts about the operation themselves.

Keywords: 1953-iranian-coup-d'état, 1970s, 1980s, 444-days, actor-shares-first-name-with-character, air-traffic-control, airline-ticket, airplane, airport, ambassador
Genres: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller,
Taglines: The movie was fake. The mission was real. Based on the exaggerated true story.

Quotes:

Max Klein: You want me to be honest with you, Les?::Lester Siegel: No, I would like you to bullshit me, Max.

Jack O'Donnell: If we wanted applause, we would have joined the circus.

Lester Siegel: It's got horses in it, it's a Western.

Lester Siegel: You're worried about the Ayatollah? Try the WGA.

Lester Siegel: The saying goes, "What starts in farce ends in tragedy."::John Chambers: No, it's the other way around.::Lester Siegel: Who said that exactly?::John Chambers: Marx.::Lester Siegel: Groucho said that?

Lester Siegel: Argo fuck yourself.

John Chambers: Look, if you're going to do this, you're going to do this... You can't build cover stories around a movie that doesn't exist. You need a script, you need a producer.

John Chambers: [to Tony Mendez] You need somebody who's a somebody to put their name on it. Somebody respectable. With credits. Who you can trust with classified information. Who will produce a fake movie. For free.

Jack O'Donnell: [to Tony Mendez] The whole country is watching you, they just don't know it

[repeated line]: Argo fuck yourself!

Salt (2010)

Actors: Ryan Kavanaugh (producer), Angelina Jolie (actress), Lorenzo di Bonaventura (producer), Richard Martini (actor), Daniel Olbrychski (actor), Patrick Michael Strange (actor), Liev Schreiber (actor), Philip Stamper (actor), Matthew James Gulbranson (actor), Robert Bizik (actor), Andre Braugher (actor), Chiwetel Ejiofor (actor), Olek Krupa (actor), Phillip Noyce (director), James Newton Howard (composer),

Plot: Evelyn Salt is a CIA agent and highly respected by all, including her boss, Ted Winter. Out of the blue, a Russian spy walks into their offices and offers a vital piece of information: the President of Russia will be assassinated during his forthcoming visit to New York City to attend the funeral of the recently deceased U.S. Vice President. The name of the assassin: Evelyn Salt. Concerned about the safety of her husband, who she cannot contact, she goes on the run. Winter refuses to accept that she is a mole or a double agent but her actions begin to raise doubts. Just who is Evelyn Salt and what is she planning?

Keywords: 1970s, abandoned-ship, action-heroine, airplane, ak-47, ambulance, american-flag, anti-hero, apartment, arachnologist
Genres: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller,
Taglines: Who is Salt? Salt Kills. Don't Trust Salt. Salt Must Die. Salt Will Not Be Stopped

Quotes:

Evelyn Salt: What is your name?::Vassily Orlov: My name is Vassily Orlov. Today, a Russian agent will travel to New York city to kill the President. This agent is KA-12.::Evelyn Salt: The KA program is a myth.::Vassily Orlov: Don't you want to know the name?::Evelyn Salt: You're good. You can tell the rest of your story to one of my colleagues.::Vassily Orlov: Salt.::Evelyn Salt: Yes?::Vassily Orlov: The name of the agent is Evelyn Salt.::Evelyn Salt: My name is Evelyn Salt.::Vassily Orlov: Then you are a Russian spy.

Ted Winter: Look, Ev, try to stay calm.::Evelyn Salt: I'm not a goddamn Russian spy.::Ted Winter: I didn't say you were. Let's go to my office, we can sort this out.::Peabody: No, no. We gotta go to a secure location. Now.::Ted Winter: All right. Doesn't get any more secure than this. Ev? Five minutes.::Evelyn Salt: Call Protective Services, find Mike.::Ted Winter: I will.::Evelyn Salt: This is bullshit.

Peabody: Hey. Why'd you kill him?::Evelyn Salt: Because somebody had to.::Peabody: [punches her hard]::Peabody: [to everyone else] What?::Evelyn Salt: By this, I take it you think everybody is who they say they are.

Peabody: She had the drop on me Ted. Why didn't she shoot?

[first lines]::Evelyn Salt: [being dragged out and tied down] Please let me go home. Please, I'm not who you think I am. I'm really not who you think I am. Please. Please, I'm not a spy.::Interrogation Tech: You are a spy!::Evelyn Salt: I'm not a spy. Please let me go home.::Interrogation Tech: Try again.::Evelyn Salt: I am not a spy! I am a business woman. I work for Rink Petroleum and Gas. Please call them. I work for Rink Petroleum!::Interrogation Tech: You are here to sabotage our nuclear ambitions. Yes?::Evelyn Salt: [water tube being forced into her mouth] I am not a spy! I am not a spy!

Ted Winter: [rattled by underling] "Sir"? Do I look like a "sir" to you?::Evelyn Salt: From head to toe. I'm surprised he didn't call you "Your Majesty".::Ted Winter: I like the ring of that. I think I'd prefer "Your Majesty".

Evelyn Salt: Do you have homework?::Salt's Young Neighbor: Algebra.::Evelyn Salt: I hate math.

Peabody: I'd say she's a trained goddamn liar, and everything she's said up until now has been to protect her cover.::Ted Winter: Why don't you tell me how you really feel about it.

Shnaider: [setting off security wand] Shrapnel. A Serbian landmine. They've spent more time looking at it than the doctor did.

Peabody: How many more like you are there?::Evelyn Salt: Like me? None. Like him? More than you or I can handle alone.

First Dog (2010)

Actors: Bernie Kopell (actor), Corbin Timbrook (actor), Tommy 'Tiny' Lister (actor), Joe Estevez (actor), Eric Roberts (actor), Dick Van Patten (actor), Priscilla Barnes (actress), Eliza Roberts (actress), Robert C. Yu (miscellaneous crew), Tonia Madenford (miscellaneous crew), Michael E. Morales (miscellaneous crew), Kerry Wallum (actor), Kerry Wallum (actor), Bryan Michael Stoller (producer), Bryan Michael Stoller (actor),

Plot: While US president Barrett opens a school bearing his name, his inseparable dog Teddy gets lost in the commotion when a gun is fired at its master. To avoid a press scandal, the matter is kept discrete. The dog wanders off to a country orphanage, where Teddy chooses as new master Danny Milbright, a shy boy who never seems to be considered for adoption but has a strong sense of justice, impelling him to return Teddy to his master. It proves an eventful journey all the way to D.C.

Keywords: american-president, animal-in-title, boy, dog, fugue, number-in-title, president, u.s.-president
Genres: Family,
Taglines: In Dog We Trust

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)

Actors: David Jean Thomas (actor), Channing Tatum (actor), Jonathan Pryce (actor), Gerald Okamura (actor), Saïd Taghmaoui (actor), Dennis Quaid (actor), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (actor), Christopher Eccleston (actor), James Howarth (actor), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (actor), Jacques Frantz (actor), Christopher Eccleston (actor), Brendan Fraser (actor), Marlon Wayans (actor), Arnold Vosloo (actor),

Plot: Two soldiers stationed in Kazahkstan (Captain Duke Hauser and his partner "Ripcord") are ordered to transport special warheads created by MARS, an arms' manufacturer controlled by James McCullen. When they are attacked by thieves (led by Anastasia DeCobray, with whom Duke has history), they are saved by a top secret, international special forces unit known as "G.I. Joe". The leader of G.I. Joe, General Abernathy (or Hawk) is on the trail of the thieves: an evil organization called "Cobra". While Duke and Ripcord train to join the Joes, McCullen ("Destro") is secretly working for Cobra and plotting to recapture his metal-eating "Nanomite" warheads. Duke and Ripcord (with help from Heavy Duty, Snake Eyes, and the rest of the Joes) must prove that they are Real American Heroes -- by stopping the launch of these warheads before Cobra uses them to take over the world.

Keywords: acronym-in-title, action-hero, adopted-brother, adoptive-father, ah-64-apache-helicopter, air-to-surface-missle, aircraft-carrier, ak-47, ambush, american-flag
Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller,
Taglines: Evil never looked so good When all else fails, they don't

Quotes:

Heavy Duty: [about handling the accelerator suits] Careful. They're worth millions of dollars each.::Ripcord: [in a suit] Millions of dollars. Got it.::[falls out of the van]::Heavy Duty: [annoyed] Jesus.::Ripcord: My bad. My bad. Won't happen again!::[Ripcord gets run over by a car]

[from trailer]::The Baroness: Would you look at that? Real American heroes...

Duke: [after crashing into cars while running in the accelerator suits] Okay, that was crazy. I didn't expect that. What happened to you?::Ripcord: I went through the train. What happened to you?::Duke: I jumped over it. [pause]::Ripcord: You can do that?::Duke: Yeah. I told you to read that manual.::Ripcord: There's a manual?

[from trailer]::Destro: What did you say your unit was called?::General Hawk: I didn't.

[from trailer]::General Hawk: [to Cover Girl] Make the call...

Ripcord: All right, ladies! Mount up!

Heavy Duty: Standing in front of you are Delta-6 Accelerator suits.::Ripcord: What does it accelerate?::Heavy Duty: You. It'll make you run faster, jump higher and hit harder than any of your enemies. Let's suit up.

The Baroness: Try this on for size, boys.::[launches missiles at the Joes]::Duke: Oh, shit!

General Hawk: Technically, G.I. Joe does not exist, but if it did, it'd be comprised of the top men and women from the top military units in the world, the alpha dogs. When all else fails, we don't.

The Baroness: [Snake Eyes has left their SUV] He gave up.::Storm Shadow: He never gives up.::[their SUV is hit by an incoming train]

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)

Actors: David Jean Thomas (actor), Channing Tatum (actor), Jonathan Pryce (actor), Gerald Okamura (actor), Saïd Taghmaoui (actor), Dennis Quaid (actor), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (actor), Christopher Eccleston (actor), James Howarth (actor), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (actor), Jacques Frantz (actor), Christopher Eccleston (actor), Brendan Fraser (actor), Marlon Wayans (actor), Arnold Vosloo (actor),

Plot: Two soldiers stationed in Kazahkstan (Captain Duke Hauser and his partner "Ripcord") are ordered to transport special warheads created by MARS, an arms' manufacturer controlled by James McCullen. When they are attacked by thieves (led by Anastasia DeCobray, with whom Duke has history), they are saved by a top secret, international special forces unit known as "G.I. Joe". The leader of G.I. Joe, General Abernathy (or Hawk) is on the trail of the thieves: an evil organization called "Cobra". While Duke and Ripcord train to join the Joes, McCullen ("Destro") is secretly working for Cobra and plotting to recapture his metal-eating "Nanomite" warheads. Duke and Ripcord (with help from Heavy Duty, Snake Eyes, and the rest of the Joes) must prove that they are Real American Heroes -- by stopping the launch of these warheads before Cobra uses them to take over the world.

Keywords: acronym-in-title, action-hero, adopted-brother, adoptive-father, ah-64-apache-helicopter, air-to-surface-missle, aircraft-carrier, ak-47, ambush, american-flag
Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller,
Taglines: Evil never looked so good When all else fails, they don't

Quotes:

Heavy Duty: [about handling the accelerator suits] Careful. They're worth millions of dollars each.::Ripcord: [in a suit] Millions of dollars. Got it.::[falls out of the van]::Heavy Duty: [annoyed] Jesus.::Ripcord: My bad. My bad. Won't happen again!::[Ripcord gets run over by a car]

[from trailer]::The Baroness: Would you look at that? Real American heroes...

Duke: [after crashing into cars while running in the accelerator suits] Okay, that was crazy. I didn't expect that. What happened to you?::Ripcord: I went through the train. What happened to you?::Duke: I jumped over it. [pause]::Ripcord: You can do that?::Duke: Yeah. I told you to read that manual.::Ripcord: There's a manual?

[from trailer]::Destro: What did you say your unit was called?::General Hawk: I didn't.

[from trailer]::General Hawk: [to Cover Girl] Make the call...

Ripcord: All right, ladies! Mount up!

Heavy Duty: Standing in front of you are Delta-6 Accelerator suits.::Ripcord: What does it accelerate?::Heavy Duty: You. It'll make you run faster, jump higher and hit harder than any of your enemies. Let's suit up.

The Baroness: Try this on for size, boys.::[launches missiles at the Joes]::Duke: Oh, shit!

General Hawk: Technically, G.I. Joe does not exist, but if it did, it'd be comprised of the top men and women from the top military units in the world, the alpha dogs. When all else fails, we don't.

The Baroness: [Snake Eyes has left their SUV] He gave up.::Storm Shadow: He never gives up.::[their SUV is hit by an incoming train]

National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)

Actors: Harvey Keitel (actor), Trevor Rabin (actor), Bruce Greenwood (actor), Forbes KB (actor), Michael McCafferty (actor), Gino Picciano (actor), Guillaume Gallienne (actor), Brent Briscoe (actor), Larry Cedar (actor), Don Abernathy (actor), Ed Harris (actor), Nicolas Cage (actor), Scali Delpeyrat (actor), Gary Sievers (actor), Nicholas Rich (actor),

Plot: During a lecture about John Wilkes Booth and Thomas Gates, Ben Gates and his father Patrick are surprised by Mitch Wilkinson. He claims that their ancestor was a conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln based on the missing page of Booth's diary that he possesses. The outraged Ben decides to prove the honor of his ancestor. Together with his wife, Abigail, and his best friend, the writer Riley Poole, they head to France, England and Washington to collect clues. But Mitch Wilkinson is secretly following their every move.

Keywords: 1860s, 19th-century, 2000s, 21st-century, abduction, abyss, american-flag, amputee, assassination, backpack
Genres: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller,

Quotes:

Riley Poole: [over hearing Ben and Abigail's argument] You guys are so great together.

Patrick Gates: The Statue of Liberty! But which one?::Riley Poole: Exactly. Wait is there more than one?

Riley Poole: Did no one read my book?

Riley Poole: [Riley and Ben are standing by Abigail and her date] Awkward!

Ben Gates: Well, would you look at that.::Riley Poole: Oh yeah, it spells "smudge"!

Mitch Wilkinson: Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, one of the missing pages of the diary of John Wilkes Booth.

Mitch Wilkinson: Your great-great granddaddy planned the assassination of President Lincoln.::Patrick Gates: It can't be.

[from trailer]::Riley Poole: So let's recap: We've broken into Buckingham Palace, and the Oval Office, stolen a page from the President's super-secret book, and actually kidnapped the President of the United States. What are we gonna do next, short-sheet the Pope's bed?::Ben Gates: Well, you never know.

[from trailer]::Ben Gates: The past is filled with incredible mysteries. The clues to solving them are all around, hidden in plain sight. But this story begins with the most famous assassination in history. Abraham Lincoln's killer, John Wilkes Booth, kept a diary. A diary that was found the night Booth was killed, with 18 pages missing. Concealed in those pages is the key to something much, much bigger. A conspiracy that crosses the globe, and a discovery that the world isn't ready to believe.

[from trailer]::Riley Poole: [seeing several police pulling up to the building] Oh look. My tax dollars at work, coming to arrest me.

The President's Man: A Line in the Sand (2002)

Actors: Chuck Norris (actor), Chuck Norris (producer), Maz Jobrani (actor), Brett Rice (actor), Kevin Kiner (composer), Robert Urich (actor), Dameon Clarke (actor), Roxanne Hart (actress), Joel Swetow (actor), Aaron Norris (producer), Bruce Nozick (actor), Rosa Nichols (actress), Susan R. Jones (miscellaneous crew), Philip Casnoff (actor), Thom Barry (actor),

Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller,
Taglines: Terrorism just met its worst enemy.

Thirteen Days (2000)

Actors: Allan Graf (actor), Craig Hosking (actor), Walter Cronkite (actor), Michael Fairman (actor), Phil Hawn (actor), Bruce Greenwood (actor), Cliff Fleming (actor), Len Cariou (actor), Elya Baskin (actor), Tom Everett (actor), Kevin Conway (actor), Dylan Baker (actor), Kevin Costner (actor), James Karen (actor), Rick Kain (actor),

Plot: In October, 1962, U-2 surveillance photos reveal that the Soviet Union is in the process of placing nuclear weapons in Cuba. These weapons have the capability of wiping out most of the Eastern and Southern United States in minutes if they become operational. President John F. Kennedy and his advisors must come up with a plan of action against the Soviets. Kennedy is determined to show that he is strong enough to stand up to the threat, and the Pentagon advises U.S. military strikes against Cuba--which could lead the way to another U.S. invasion of the island. However, Kennedy is reluctant to follow through, because a U.S. invasion could cause the Soviets to retaliate in Europe. A nuclear showdown appears to be almost inevitable. Can it be prevented?

Keywords: 1960s, a-shot-across-the-bow, air-force-jet, airforce-one, aviation, based-on-book, blockade, box-office-flop, cold-war, cuba
Genres: Drama, History, Thriller,
Taglines: You'll Never Believe How Close We Came

Quotes:

Robert McNamara: We'd look pretty bad shooting up a freighter full of baby food.

Kenny O'Donnell: The sun came up. Every day the sun comes up says something about us.

Kenny O'Donnell: If the sun comes up tomorrow, it is only because of men of good will. And that's - that's all there is between us and the devil.

Robert McNamara: This is not a blockade. This is language. A new vocabulary, the likes of which the world has never seen! This is President Kennedy communicating with Secretary Khrushchev!

Kenny O'Donnell: Adlai! It's Ken; how you doin'?::Adlai Stevenson: Busy, Ken. What do you need?::Kenny O'Donnell: The president told me to pass the word to you: Stick it to them!::Adlai Stevenson: I hear you. I'm glad it's you calling; I thought it would be Bobby.::Kenny O'Donnell: Adlai, the world has to know we're right. If we're gonna have a chance at a political solution we need international pressure... You gotta be tough, Adlai. You need to find it, buddy.::Adlai Stevenson: If they're still sticking to their stonewalling stategy, I'll get them. I'm an old political cat, Kenny, but I've got one life left.::Kenny O'Donnell: I know you do.

[about the Joint Chiefs of Staff]::Kenny O'Donnell: They want a war, Jack, and they're arranging things to get one.

General Curtis LeMay: Those goddamn Kennedys are gonna destroy this country if we don't do something about this!

President Kennedy: [slams fist] *I* have the authority! I am the commander in chief of the United States, and I say when we go to war!

Adlai Stevenson: [asking the Russian ambassador if there are any Soviet missile bases in Cuba] Sir, I am prepared to wait for your answer till Hell freezes over, if that's your decision.

Robert Kennedy: We gave up so much to get here... I don't know; sometimes I think, "What the hell did we do it for?"::Kenny O'Donnell: Well, I don't know about you, but... I'm in it for the money.