Donnie Brasco (1997)

Director: Mike Newell

In the movie Donnie Brasco, Johnny Depp plays the role of Joe Pistone, an undercover FBI agent working in a mafia family in New York, Joe Pistone uses the name Donnie Brasco as a cover so the mafia don't find out who he really is. While undercover he finds out that it's easier for him to relate to his mafia family than his family back home.

The plot tease for Donnie Brasco is when Joe meets up with Benjamin "Lefty" Ruggiero who is played by Al Pacino and Lefty brings him to meet Sonny Black, a capo, and Nicky Santora, an underboss.

The role that Johnny Depp plays in this movie is somewhat similar to the role he played in the 2009 movie Public Enemies because he played a member of the mafia, although he wasn't undercover in that movie he still killed people and had "made men" as friends.

I really like the movie Donnie Brasco because I love mafia movies, I also like Johnny Depp when his style of acting is more method than alienation like his role in the Willa Wonka remake.

I would recommend this movie to any one who likes crime drama movies, especially those that involve the mafia.

Ray (2004)

Director: Taylor Hackford

Ray is a biopic about Ray Charles, one of the most popular jazz musicians of all time (who also happens to be blind). Jamie Foxx plays the part of Ray Charles.

Some comparisons I found between Ray and Citizen Kane is that they both start off with Ray and Charles as children. Throughout the movie both of the main characters get something they want in life, for Ray is was to become a popular musician and for Charles it was to get lots of money. In the end both Ray and Charles lose someone they care a lot about. They lose that someone because they were both corrupted because of an addiction of theres; Ray was addicted to heroin and Charles was addicted to money.

The movie Ray took 15 years to produce, mainly because they needed to financial security. During the production of the film the real Ray Charles was given a Braille copy of the script to make sure everything was okay with him.

Finding Nemo (2003)

Directed & written by: Andrew Stanton

Finding Nemo is about two fish, father and son (Marlin & Nemo). Nemo goes swimming out into the open, away from the reef where it's safe and gets taken by divers. The rest of the movie is about Marlin, his dad, looking for him. The whole time he is looking for him, there is always something that gets in his way. For example, an annoying fish follows him the whole way, they run into fish friendly sharks who end up trying to eat them and they get stung by jellyfish.

The graduate also has contains some obstacle that Ben has to overcome to get to Elaine in time. He sleeps with a married woman, he dates her daughter, Elaine, after the mom made him swear not to, he ends up falling in love with Elaine but she is about to get married to another guy. Ben decides that he has to stop her from marrying this other guy but on his way to the wedding he runs into a few obstacles, he has to stop for directions, his car runs out of gas so he has to run the last few blocks.

Pretty much, they both are about a guy (Ben & Marlin) going on a journey to get something they want (Elaine & Nemo). But on their way to getting what they want, they run into lots of things keeping from getting it.

One comparison I found between The Graduate and Finding Nemo is the editing of the scenes. They are all in order and most scenes contain major parts leading up the ending.