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Lana Wachowski has 17 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 2 sit in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including The Matrix.
2010
Documentary

Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
Dir. Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski · With Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss

In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When V rescues a young woman from the secret police, he finds in her an ally with whom he can continue his fight to free the people of Britain.
Dir. James McTeigue · With Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea
The battle for Earth turns against the humans, despite their infamous desperate act of blackening the skies.
Dir. Mahiro Maeda · With Julia Fletcher, Dane A. Davis, Debi Derryberry
Tells the early history of how conflict began between the humans and machines. Part 1 of 2.
Dir. Mahiro Maeda · With Julia Fletcher, Dane A. Davis, Debi Derryberry

The Resistance builds in numbers as humans are freed from the Matrix and brought to the city of Zion. Neo discovers his superpowers, including the ability to see the code inside the Matrix. With machine sentinels digging to Zion in 72 hours, Neo, Morpheus and Trinity must find the Keymaker to ultimately reach the Source.
Dir. Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski · With Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss
A high school student is haunted by thoughts of "The Matrix" and a person named "Neo".
Dir. Shinichiro Watanabe · With Clayton Watson, Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss
Immediately before the events of The Matrix Reloaded, the crew of the hovercraft Osiris discovers a quarter of a million sentinels drilling through the surface of the earth towards the last human city of Zion. But can the Osiris survive long enough to warn Zion?
Dir. Andrew R. Jones · With Kevin Michael Richardson, Pamela Adlon, John DiMaggio

Corky, a tough female ex-convict working on an apartment renovation in a Chicago building, meets a couple living next door, Caesar, a paranoid mobster, and Violet, his seductive girlfriend, who is immediately attracted to her.
Dir. Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski · With Gina Gershon, Jennifer Tilly, Joe Pantoliano

The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith.
Dir. Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski · With Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss

Assassin Robert Rath arrives at a funeral to kill a prominent mobster, only to witness a rival hired gun complete the job for him -- with grisly results. Horrified by the murder of innocent bystanders, Rath decides to take one last job and then return to civilian life. But finding his way out of the world of contract killing grows ever more dangerous as Rath falls for his female target and becomes a marked man himself.
Dir. Richard Donner · With Sylvester Stallone, Antonio Banderas, Julianne Moore

A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis.
Dir. Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer · With Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent

One gunshot, one death, one moment out of time that irrevocably links eight minds in disparate parts of the world, putting them in each other's lives, each other's secrets, and in terrible danger. Ordinary people suddenly reborn as "Sensates."
Dir. Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski, J. Michael Straczynski · With Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Max Riemelt, Jamie Clayton
Straight from the creators of the groundbreaking Matrix trilogy, this collection of short animated films from the world's leading anime directors fuses computer graphics and Japanese anime to provide the background of the Matrix universe and the conflict between man and machines. The shorts include Final Flight of the Osiris, The Second Renaissance, Kid's Story, Program, World Record, Beyond, A Detective Story and Matriculated.
Dir. Koji Morimoto, Peter Chung, Shinichiro Watanabe, Mahiro Maeda, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Takeshi Koike, Andrew R. Jones · With Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Clayton Watson

Plagued by strange memories, Neo's life takes an unexpected turn when he finds himself back inside the Matrix.
Dir. Lana Wachowski · With Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

The film goes behind the scenes of the 1999 sci-fi movie The Matrix.
Dir. Josh Oreck · With Keanu Reeves, Hugo Weaving, Carrie-Anne Moss

Speed Racer is a young and brilliant racing driver. When corruption in the racing leagues costs his brother his life, Speed must team up with the police and the mysterious Racer X to bring an end to the corruption and criminal activities.
Dir. Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski · With Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, John Goodman

In a universe where human genetic material is the most precious commodity, an impoverished young Earth woman becomes the key to strategic maneuvers and internal strife within a powerful dynasty…
Dir. Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski · With Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis, Sean Bean
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