Diane Kruger was first seen in the 2001 short film ‘Point de lendemain’ directed by Alexandre Barfety. In 2002, she made her big-screen debut in the action thriller film ‘The Piano Player’ directed by Jean-Pierre Roux. The film holds a 4.3 out of 10 rating on IMDb. The following year, she starred as ‘Julie Wood’ in the French film ‘Michel Vaillant’ directed by Louis-Pascal Couvelaire. The film received mostly negative reviews from critics. In 2004, she portrayed ‘Helen’ in the Wolfgang Petersen-directed American epic historical war film ‘Troy.’ The film opened to a mixed critical reception but managed to gross over $497.4 million on a budget of $175–185 million. That same year, she also played the role of ‘Abigail Chase’ in the American action-adventure film ‘National Treasure’ directed by Jon Turteltaub. The film, despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, managed to gross over $347.5 million on a budget of $100 million. Kruger was next seen in films like ‘Joyeux Noël’ (2005), ‘Les Brigades du Tigre’ (2006), ‘Copying Beethoven’ (2006), ‘Goodbye Bafana’ (2007), ‘National Treasure: Book of Secrets’ (2007), and ‘Anything for Her’ (2008). She starred as ‘Bridget von Hammersmark’ in the 2009 war film ‘Inglourious Basterds’ directed by Quentin Tarantino. The film was praised by critics and performed well at the box office, grossing over $321.5 million on a budget of $70 million.
Kruger went on to star in films such as ‘Mr. Nobody’ (2009), ‘Inhale’ (2010), ‘Unknown’ (2011), ‘Forces spéciales’ (2011), ‘Farewell, My Queen’ (2012), ‘Un plan parfait’ (2012), ‘The Host’ (2013), ‘Me, Myself and Mum’ (2013), and ‘The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden’ (2013). In 2013, she joined the main cast of the American crime drama television series ‘The Bridge’ as ‘Detective Sonya Cross.’ The series ran for 2 seasons and aired its final episode in 2014. She next starred in films like ‘The Better Angels’ (2014), ‘Fathers and Daughters’ (2015), ‘The Infiltrator’ (2016), ‘In the Fade’ (2017), ‘All That Divides Us’ (2017), ‘JT LeRoy’ (2018), ‘Welcome to Marwen’ (2018), ‘The Operative’ (2019), ‘QT8: The First Eight’ (2019), ‘The 355’ (2022), and ‘Out of the Blue’ (2022). Kruger was last seen in the 2022 neo-noir thriller film ‘Marlowe’ directed by Neil Jordan. The film had its premiere at the San Sebastián International Film Festival.
A team of ruthless Jewish soldiers led by Allied officer Lieutenant Aldo Raine earns notoriety as 'Basterds' for scalping Nazi soldiers in German occupied France. After their meeting with undercover agent and German actress Bridget von Hammersmark ends poorly, their mission converges with the vengeful plan of theater owner Shosanna Dreyfus, whose Jewish family was executed by the Nazis.
In 2092, Nemo Nobody, a 118-year-old man, is the last mortal on earth while the rest have achieved immortality. In an interview, he recounts the dilemma a young nine year old Nemo faced when he had to choose between accompanying his mother or staying behind with his father after their divorce. The film explores all the lives that Nemo could lead based on this one decision.
National Treasure, a Walt Disney movie, follows treasure hunter Benjamin Gates, as he tries to find a war chest hidden during the Revolutionary War. During this quest, he also has to beat out his competition to the chest, while avoid capture by the FBI, who are trying to arrest him.
A serious car-accident leads Dr. Martin Harris to a coma. After waking up, no one recognizes him, he finds another man impersonating him, and assassins hunting him. With the help of taxi driver Gina, he uncovers he is an assassin and Martin Harris is just a persona. Martin redeems himself by saving Bressler the target of his assignation.
A loose adaptation of Homer's Iliad, the film follows the Trojan War, which emerged after Paris, the Trojan prince, convinced the Queen of Sparta, Helen, to leave her husband Menelaus, and come with him to Troy.
The story focuses on an advertising executive, who returns to Chicago after two years and while catching up with an old friend at a restaurant thinks that he has overheard the girl he was in love with. She vanished overnight from his life and now that he has heard her voice he is determined to find her. It soon becomes an obsession.
When black market antiquities dealer Mitch Wilkinson shows a missing page from John Wilkes Booth's diary with the name of Thomas Gates, accusing him to be a conspirator in Abraham Lincoln's assassination, Thomas' great-great-grandson Ben Gates embarks on a journey to prove his innocence that will lead him to the location of a lost city of gold.
Jack Davis is an award-winning novelist who lives with his wife and daughter. However, one night, they meet an unfortunate accident, in which his wife passes away. Jake receives severe injuries which causes brain damage, and he undergoes treatment for seven months. His daughter is eventually adopted by her aunt and uncle. Years later, when his daughter Katie grows up, she develops problems of her own in forming relationships.
Goodbye Bafana is a historical drama film which tells the story of a white South African man who is racist towards people of African origin. However, his life is altered drastically by a prisoner whom he guarded for many years. The prisoner was none other than Nelson Mandela.
This biographical crime film revolves around Robert Mazur, US Customs Special Agent, who helped in busting Pablo Escobar’s money laundering organization by going undercover as a corrupt businessman.
As the World War I begins, Europe is thrown into chaos as men are forced to kill or be killed. However, as Christmas approaches, the men in the trenches of the Western front agree on an unofficial truce. This allows the soldiers to gain insight into each other’s ways of life.
Two journalists and a cameraman decide to go to Bosnia in order to track down a war criminal. However, things take a dangerous turn when they are mistaken to be CIA agents.
Paul and his wife Diane are going through the worst times of their lives, as their daughter is dying from a rare degenerative lung condition. Even though a lung transplant is going to save her life, they are unable to find a donated lung from a suitable donor. Paul soon learns about his associate, Harrison, who somehow managed to get an organ transplant from the black market. However, Harrison tells him that he has no idea how to contact the man Navarro, who helped him get the transplant.
Farewell is an espionage thriller film which tells the story of Sergei Griogeriev, a high-ranking officer of the KGB in the early 1980s, who is disillusioned with the Soviet regime. He eventually decides to pass on Soviet Secrets and classified documents, including the names of their spies, to the French government. His wife Jessica, however, wants him to stop this activity, fearing that it will cause trouble to their family.
This historical drama film examines the platonic relationship between Marie Antoinette, and one of her female readers, during the early days of the French Revolution.
Vincent is a former soldier suffering from PTSD, who is hired by a shady businessman to protect his wife and his child. He soon feels a fascination for the woman whom he is supposed to protect, and things get further complicated due to his anxiety and hallucinations.
This movie is set in a future when an alien race has almost taken over entire humanity leaving only few humans in the world. They take possession of human bodies and wipe out the original persona. Melanie, however, is adamant on saving herself. When the alien life form Wanderer claims her body, she chooses to reach her loved ones taking Wanderer along with her.
