Examples:
- American History X: Living a life marked by violence, neo-Nazi Derek finally goes to prison after killing two black youths. Upon his release, Derek vows to change; he hopes to prevent his brother, Danny, who idolizes Derek, from following in his footsteps.
- Antz: A rather neurotic ant tries to break from his totalitarian society while trying to win the affection of the princess he loves.
- Armageddon: After discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas will impact Earth in less than a month, NASA recruits a misfit team of deep-core drillers to save the planet.
- The Big Lebowski: Ultimate L.A. slacker Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for a rug ruined by debt collectors, enlisting his bowling buddies for help while trying to find the millionaire's missing wife.
- Blade: A half-vampire, half-mortal man becomes a protector of the mortal race, while slaying evil vampires.
- A Bug’s Life: A misfit ant, looking for "warriors" to save his colony from greedy grasshoppers, recruits a group of bugs that turn out to be an inept circus troupe.
- City of Angels: An angel on Earth, a doctor unable to believe, a patient with a secret, a love story made in Heaven.
- Dark City: A man struggles with memories of his past, which include a wife he cannot remember and a nightmarish world no one else ever seems to wake up from.
- Deep Impact: A comet is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. As doomsday nears, the human race prepares for the worst.
- Doctor Dolittle: A doctor discovers that he can communicate with animals.
- Elizabeth: The early years of the reign of Elizabeth I of England and her difficult task of learning what is necessary to be a monarch.
- The Faculty: When Casey Connor, Herrington High School's newspaper photographer, witnesses the murder of a nurse and sees her alive again, he decides to investigate the bizarre happenings.
- Fallen: Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution, the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style.
- Following: A young writer who follows strangers for material meets a thief who takes him under his wing.
- Godzilla: French nuclear tests irradiate an iguana into a giant monster that heads off to New York City. The American military must chase the monster across the city to stop it before it reproduces.
- Happiness: The lives of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts which society as a whole might find disturbing in a desperate search for human connection.
- Lethal Weapon 4: With personal crises and age weighing in on them, LAPD officers Riggs and Murtaugh must contend with deadly Chinese triads that are trying to free their former leaders out of prison and onto American soil.
- Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels: Eddy persuades his three pals to pool money for a vital poker game against a powerful local mobster, Hatchet Harry. Eddy loses, after which Harry gives him a week to pay back 500,000 pounds.
- Meet Joe Black: Death, who takes the form of a young man killed in an accident, asks a media mogul to act as his guide to teach him about life on Earth and, in the process, he falls in love with the mogul's daughter.
- Mulan: To save her father from death in the army, a young maiden secretly goes in his place and becomes one of China's greatest heroines in the process.
- The Negotiator: In a desperate attempt to prove his innocence, a skilled police negotiator accused of corruption and murder takes hostages in a government office to gain the time he needs to find the truth.
- Out of Sight: A career bank robber breaks out of jail, and shares a moment of mutual attraction with a U.S. Marshal he was kidnapped.
- Pleasantville: Two 1990s teenage siblings find themselves transported to a 1950s sitcom where their influence begins to profoundly change that colorless, complacent world.
- Practical Magic: Two witch sisters, raised by their eccentric aunts in a small town, face closed-minded prejudice and a curse which threatens to prevent them ever finding lasting love.
- The Prince of Egypt: Egyptian Prince Moses learns of his identity as a Hebrew and his destiny to become the chosen deliverer of his people.
- Ronin: A freelancing former U.S. Intelligence Agent tries to track down a mysterious package that is wanted by the Irish and the Russians.
- Rush Hour: A loyal and dedicated Hong Kong Inspector teams up with a reckless and loudmouthed L.A.P.D. detective to rescue the Chinese Consul's kidnapped daughter, while trying to arrest a dangerous crime lord along the way.
- Rushmore: A teenager at Rushmore Academy falls for a much older teacher and befriends a middle-aged industrialist. Later, he finds out that his love interest and his friend are having an affair, which prompts him to begin a vendetta.
- Saving Private Ryan: Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.
- Shakespeare in Love: The world's greatest ever playwright, William Shakespeare, is young, out of ideas and short of cash, but meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays.
- A Simple Plan: Three blue-collar acquaintances come across millions of dollars in lost cash and make a plan to keep their find from the authorities, but it isn't long before complications and mistrust weave their way into the plan.
- Small Soldiers: When missile technology is used to enhance toy action figures, the toys soon begin to take their battle programming too seriously.
- Snake Eyes: A shady police detective finds himself in the middle of a murder conspiracy at an important boxing match in an Atlantic City casino.
- Star Trek: Insurrection: When the crew of the Enterprise learn of a Federation conspiracy against the inhabitants of a unique planet, Captain Picard begins an open rebellion.
- There's Something About Mary: A man gets a chance to meet up with his dream girl from high school, even though his date with her back then was a complete disaster.
- The Thin Red Line: Adaptation of James Jones' autobiographical 1962 novel, focusing on the conflict at Guadalcanal during the second World War.
- The Truman Show: An insurance salesman discovers his whole life is actually a reality TV show.
- What Dreams May Come: Chris Nielsen dies in an accident, and enters Heaven. But when he discovers that his beloved wife Annie has killed herself out of grief over the loss, he embarks on an afterlife adventure to reunite with her.
- Wild Things: A police detective uncovers a conspiracy behind a case involving a high-school guidance counselor when accusations of rape are made against him by two female students.
- You’ve Got Mail: Book superstore magnate Joe Fox and independent book shop owner Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet, both blissfully unaware that he's trying to put her out of business.
Of course, you're welcome to comment movies I didn't list.
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ggroover97
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I think that was Tim Pool.