Where the Crawdads Sing (
2022) | IMDb:
7.2
Abandoned by her family, Kya raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. When her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement as the prime suspect for his murder.
Starring:
Daisy Edgar-Jones
,
Taylor John Smith
,
Harris Dickinson
,
Michael Hyatt
,
Sterling Macer Jr.
,
Jojo Regina
Nightmare Alley (
2021) | IMDb:
7
An ambitious carnival man with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychologist who is even more dangerous than he is.
Starring:
Bradley Cooper
,
Rooney Mara
,
Cate Blanchett
,
Toni Collette
,
Richard Jenkins
,
Willem Dafoe
Directed by:
Guillermo del Toro
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (
2019) | IMDb:
6
Follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient super-species, thought to be mere myths, rise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving humanity's very existence hanging in the balance.
Starring:
Kyle Chandler
,
Vera Farmiga
,
Millie Bobby Brown
,
Ken Watanabe
,
Zhang Ziyi
,
Bradley Whitford
Darkest Hour (
2017) | IMDb:
7.4
In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.
Starring:
Gary Oldman
,
Kristin Scott Thomas
,
Ben Mendelsohn
,
Lily James
,
Ronald Pickup
,
Stephen Dillane
Godzilla (
2014) | IMDb:
6.4
Ford Brody, a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father, Joe. Soon, both men are swept up in an escalating crisis when an ancient alpha predator arises from the sea to combat malevolent adversaries that threaten the survival of humanity. The creatures leave colossal destruction in their wake, as they make their way toward their final battleground: San Francisco.
Starring:
Aaron Taylor-Johnson
,
Elizabeth Olsen
,
Juliette Binoche
,
Bryan Cranston
,
Ken Watanabe
,
Sally Hawkins
Lincoln (
2012) | IMDb:
7.3
The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.
Starring:
Daniel Day-Lewis
,
Sally Field
,
David Strathairn
,
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
,
James Spader
,
Hal Holbrook
Directed by:
Steven Spielberg
The Bourne Legacy (
2012) | IMDb:
6.6
New CIA operative Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.
Starring:
Jeremy Renner
,
Rachel Weisz
,
Edward Norton
,
Stacy Keach
,
Dennis Boutsikaris
,
Oscar Isaac
The Tempest (
2010) | IMDb:
5.3
An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare. Prospera (a female version of Shakespeare's Prospero) is the usurped ruler of Milan who has been banished to a mysterious island with her daughter. Using her magical powers, she draws her enemies to the island to exact her revenge.
Starring:
Helen Mirren
,
Felicity Jones
,
Reeve Carney
,
David Strathairn
,
Tom Conti
,
Alan Cumming
Directed by:
Julie Taymor
The Spiderwick Chronicles (
2008) | IMDb:
6.5
Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.
Starring:
Sarah Bolger
,
Jordy Benattar
,
Mary-Louise Parker
,
Nick Nolte
,
Andrew McCarthy
,
Lise Durocher-Viens
The Bourne Ultimatum (
2007) | IMDb:
8
Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone, in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne must finally uncover his dark past while dodging The Company's best efforts to eradicate him.
Starring:
Matt Damon
,
Julia Stiles
,
David Strathairn
,
Scott Glenn
,
Paddy Considine
,
Edgar Ramírez
We Are Marshall (
2006) | IMDb:
7
When a plane crash claims the lives of members of the Marshall University football team and some of its fans, the team's new coach and his surviving players try to keep the football program alive.
Starring:
Matthew McConaughey
,
Matthew Fox
,
Anthony Mackie
,
David Strathairn
,
Ian McShane
,
Kate Mara
Directed by:
McG
Twisted (
2004) | IMDb:
5.3
Recently promoted and transferred to the homicide division, Inspector Jessica Shepard feels pressure to prove herself -- and what better way than by solving San Francisco's latest murder? However, as Shepard and her partner, Mike Delmarco, soon discover, the victim shared a romantic connection to her. As more of Shepard's ex-lovers turn up dead, her mind starts to become unstable, and she begins to wonder if she could be the very killer she's trying to track down.
Starring:
Ashley Judd
,
Samuel L. Jackson
,
Andy García
,
David Strathairn
,
Russell Wong
,
Mark Pellegrino
Simon Birch (
1998) | IMDb:
6.8
Simon Birch and Joe Wenteworth are boys who have a reputation for being oddballs. Joe never knew his father, and his mother, Rebecca, is keeping her lips sealed no matter how much he protests. Simon, meanwhile, is an 11-year-old dwarf whose outsize personality belies his small stature. Indeed, he often assails the local reverend with thorny theological questions and joins Joe on his quest to find his biological father.
Starring:
Ashley Judd
,
Ian Michael Smith
,
Joseph Mazzello
,
Oliver Platt
,
David Strathairn
,
Dana Ivey
Directed by:
Mark Steven Johnson
L.A. Confidential (
1997) | IMDb:
8.2
Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
Home for the Holidays (
1995) | IMDb:
6.5
After losing her job, making out with her soon-to-be former boss, and finding out that her daughter plans to spend Thanksgiving with her boyfriend, Claudia Larson faces spending the holiday with her unhinged family.
Starring:
Holly Hunter
,
Robert Downey Jr.
,
Anne Bancroft
,
Charles Durning
,
Dylan McDermott
,
Geraldine Chaplin
The River Wild (
1994) | IMDb:
6.5
Gail and Tom Hartman are struggling to stay together and decide to take a white-water rafting holiday adventure in Montana for their son Roarke's 10th birthday, only to meet up with a pair of mysterious men whose desperation grows, turning their vacation into a nightmare.
Starring:
Meryl Streep
,
David Strathairn
,
Kevin Bacon
,
John C. Reilly
,
Joseph Mazzello
,
Benjamin Bratt