Argo (
2012) | IMDb:
7.7
As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.
Passengers (
2008) | IMDb:
5.8
After a plane crash, a young therapist, Claire, is assigned by her mentor to counsel the flight's five survivors. When they share their recollections of the incident -- which some say include an explosion that the airline claims never happened -- Claire is intrigued by Eric, the most secretive of the passengers.
Starring:
Anne Hathaway
,
Patrick Wilson
,
Andre Braugher
,
Dianne Wiest
,
David Morse
,
William B. Davis
Directed by:
Rodrigo García
Zodiac (
2007) | IMDb:
7.7
The zodiac murders cause the lives of Paul Avery, David Toschi and Robert Graysmith to intersect.
Starring:
Jake Gyllenhaal
,
Mark Ruffalo
,
Anthony Edwards
,
Robert Downey Jr.
,
Brian Cox
,
John Carroll Lynch
21 Grams (
2003) | IMDb:
7.6
Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife and mother of two girls; and Jack Jordan, a born-again ex-con, are brought together by a terrible accident that changes their lives.
Identity (
2003) | IMDb:
7.3
Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.
Ghosts of Mars (
2001) | IMDb:
4.9
In 2176, a Martian police unit is sent to pick up a highly dangerous criminal at a remote mining post. Upon arrival, the cops find the post deserted and something far more dangerous than any criminal — the original inhabitants of Mars, hellbent on getting their planet back.
Girl, Interrupted (
1999) | IMDb:
7.3
Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unknown journey into Alice's Wonderland, where she struggles with the thin line between normal and crazy. Susanna soon realizes how hard it is to get out once she has been committed, and she ultimately has to choose between the world of people who belong inside or the difficult world of reality outside.
Starring:
Winona Ryder
,
Angelina Jolie
,
Brittany Murphy
,
Clea DuVall
,
Elisabeth Moss
,
Whoopi Goldberg
The Astronaut's Wife (
1999) | IMDb:
5.4
When astronaut Spencer Armacost returns to Earth after a mission that nearly cost him his life, he decides to take a desk job in order to see his beautiful wife, Jillian, more often. Gradually, Jillian notices that Spencer's personality seems to have changed, but her concerns fade when she discovers that she's pregnant. As Jillian grows closer to becoming a mother, her suspicions about Spencer return. Why does it seem as if he's a different person?