Vincent Ward

The Last Samurai -- A colonial officer arrives in Japan to train the emperor's troops, but as the country systematically wipes out the samurai, he witnesses the contradictions of the legendary warriors.

Traffic -- Michael Douglas, Don Cheadle, Benicio Del Toro, Dennis Quaid and Catherine Zeta-Jones star in this powerful epic drama about the high-stakes, high-risk world of the drug trade.

Capt. Nathan Algren is hired by the Emperor of Japan to train an army in the art of modern warfare. But when Algren finds himself unexpectedly influenced by Samurai, he is placed at the center of a struggle between two eras and two worlds.

It's the high-stakes, high-risk world of the drug trade as seen through a well-blended mix of interrelated stories: a Mexican policeman (Benicio Del Toro) finds himself and his partner caught in an often deadly web of corruption; a pair of DEA agents (Don Cheadle and Luis Guzman) work undercover in a sordid and dangerous part of San Diego; a wealthy drug baron living in upscale, suburban America is arrested and learns how quickly his unknowing and pampered wife (Catherine Zeta-Jones) takes over his business; and the U.S. President's new drug czar (Michael Douglas) must deal with his increasingly drug-addicted teenage daughter.