The Matrix (1999)
May 11, 1999Virtual Reality
A film that was as groundbreaking as Star Wars was in its day. The Wachowskis create a defining work on Virtual Reality themes with a sublime cool and breathtaking action moves that blew everybody away
Lilly/Andy Wachowski
The Animatrix (2003)
Nov 26, 2005Compilation of Matrix Anime Shorts
To accompany their two Matrix sequels, The Wackowskis hired seven anime directors to each make a short film set in The Matrix universe. The results are often quite remarkable
The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
Nov 11, 2003Virtual Reality
The third and weakest of the original The Matrix trilogy. This offers one showstopping effects sequence but also leaves a host of unanswered questions dangling
V for Vendetta (2006)
Apr 2, 2006Graphic Novel Adaptation/Totalitarian Future England
Adaptation of the Alan Moore graphic novel with a script from The Wachowskis. Moore's repudiation aside, this is a fine and literate work that retells the story of an anarchist trickster and potently politicises it for the era of the George W. Bush.
Speed Racer (2008)
Dec 4, 2009Cartoon in Live-Action/Racing Driver Hero
The Wachowskis live-action remake of the anime series is a sublimely madcap confection, a film that is alive with vibrant visuals and all the colours of the rainbow. A box-office flop but glorious, even groundbreaking visually
Ninja Assassin (2009)
Oct 20, 2009Martial Arts
Produced by The Wachowskis who take the opportunity to reinvent the ninja film with the same flamboyant visuals they employed on The Matrix with exhilarating results
Cloud Atlas (2012)
Oct 24, 2012Cross-Historical Epic
A cross-historical epic from The Wachowskis and Tom Tykwer. An uneven film driven more by its determination we view it as an epic. Surely a studio publicist's nightmare, it grasps at the meaning of it all yet eludes telling audiences what it is about
Jupiter Ascending (2015)
Feb 7, 2015Space Opera
The Wachowskis set out to make a space opera adventure in the Star Wars vein. As always, the elevate every genre they take on and the film is packed with astonishing action sequences and wild, mind-expanding ideas