The Lake House is a 2006 American romantic drama film directed by Alejandro Agresti and starring Keanu Reeves , Sandra Bullock and Christopher Plummer . It was written by David Auburn . The film is a remake of the South Korean motion picture Il Mare (2000). The story centers on an architect living in 2004 and a doctor living in 2006. The two meet via letters left in a mailbox at the lake house they have both lived in at separate points in time; they carry on correspondence over two years, remaining separated by their original difference of two years.

Sweet November is a 2001 romantic drama film based in San Francisco directed by Pat O'Connor and starring Keanu Reeves and Charlize Theron . The film is based on the 1968 film Sweet November written by Herman Raucher , which starred Anthony Newley and Sandy Dennis .

Hardball is a 2001 American sports comedy-drama film directed by Brian Robbins and starring Keanu Reeves , Diane Lane and D. B. Sweeney . The screenplay by John Gatins is based on the book Hardball: A Season in the Projects by Daniel Coyle. The original music score is composed by Mark Isham . The film was released on September 14, 2001.

Street Kings is a 2008 American crime thriller film directed by David Ayer , and starring Keanu Reeves , Forest Whitaker , Hugh Laurie , Chris Evans , Common and The Game . It was released in theaters on April 11, 2008. The initial screenplay drafts were written by James Ellroy in the late 1990s under the title The Night Watchman .

My Own Private Idaho is a 1991 American independent adventure drama film written and directed by Gus Van Sant , loosely based on Shakespeare 's Henry IV, Part 1 , Henry IV, Part 2 , and Henry V , and starring River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves . The story follows two friends, Mike and Scott, as they embark on a journey of personal discovery that takes them from Portland, Oregon to Mike's hometown in Idaho , and then to Rome in search of Mike's mother.

Henry's Crime is a 2010 American romantic comedy film directed by Malcolm Venville and starring Keanu Reeves , Vera Farmiga , and James Caan . The film follows Henry (Reeves), who goes to jail for a robbery he did not commit. Once released, he plans to rob the same bank with his former cellmate Max (Caan). The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 14, 2010, and was given a limited release in the United States on April 8, 2011.