Stop-Loss (
2008) | IMDb:
6.4
A veteran soldier returns from his completed tour of duty in Iraq, only to find his life turned upside down when he is arbitrarily ordered to return to field duty by the Army.
Starring:
Ryan Phillippe
,
Abbie Cornish
,
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
,
Channing Tatum
,
Josef Sommer
,
Timothy Olyphant
The Invasion (
2007) | IMDb:
5.9
Washington, D.C. psychologist Carol Bennell and her colleague Dr. Ben Driscoll are the only two people on Earth who are aware of an epidemic running rampant through the city. They discover an alien virus aboard a crashed space shuttle that transforms anyone who comes into contact with it into unfeeling drones while they sleep. Carol realizes her son holds the key to stopping the spread of the plague and she races to find him before it is too late.
Starring:
Nicole Kidman
,
Daniel Craig
,
Jeremy Northam
,
Jeffrey Wright
,
Jackson Bond
,
Veronica Cartwright
X-Men: The Last Stand (
2006) | IMDb:
6.6
When a cure is found to treat mutations, lines are drawn amongst the X-Men—led by Professor Charles Xavier—and the Brotherhood, a band of powerful mutants organised under Xavier's former ally, Magneto.
The Sum of All Fears (
2002) | IMDb:
6.4
When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot recruits a young analyst to supply insight and advice on the situation. Then the unthinkable happens: a nuclear bomb explodes in a U.S. city, and America is quick to blame the Russians.
Starring:
Ben Affleck
,
Morgan Freeman
,
James Cromwell
,
Liev Schreiber
,
Bridget Moynahan
,
Alan Bates
The Family Man (
2000) | IMDb:
6.8
Jack's lavish, fast-paced lifestyle changes one Christmas night when he stumbles into a grocery store holdup and disarms the gunman. The next morning he wakes up in bed lying next to Kate, his college sweetheart he left in order to pursue his career, and to the horrifying discovery that his former life no longer exists. As he stumbles through this alternate suburban universe, Jack finds himself at a crossroad where he must choose between his high-power career and the woman he loves.
Shaft (
2000) | IMDb:
6
New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade returns to face trial, confident his money and influence will get him acquitted -- especially since he's paid a drug kingpin to kill the witness.
Starring:
Samuel L. Jackson
,
Vanessa Williams
,
Jeffrey Wright
,
Christian Bale
,
Busta Rhymes
,
Dan Hedaya
The Next Best Thing (
2000) | IMDb:
4.7
A comedy-drama about best friends - one a straight woman, Abbie, the other a gay man, Robert - who decide to have a child together. Five years later, Abbie falls in love with a straight man and wants to move away with her and Robert's little boy Sam, and a nasty custody battle ensues.
Directed by:
John Schlesinger
Patch Adams (
1998) | IMDb:
6.8
The true story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, who in the 1970s found that humor is the best medicine, and was willing to do just anything to make his patients laugh—even if it meant risking his own career.
Starring:
Robin Williams
,
Monica Potter
,
Philip Seymour Hoffman
,
Daniel London
,
Bob Gunton
,
Harve Presnell
Bulworth (
1998) | IMDb:
6.8
A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters by affecting the rhythms and speech of hip-hop music and culture.
Starring:
Kimberly Deauna Adams
,
Vinny Argiro
,
Sean Astin
,
Kirk Baltz
,
Ernie Lee Banks
,
Amiri Baraka
The Chamber (
1996) | IMDb:
6
Idealistic young attorney Adam Hall takes on the death row clemency case of his racist grandfather, Sam Cayhall, a former Ku Klux Klan member he has never met.
Directed by:
James Foley
Strange Days (
1995) | IMDb:
7.2
Former policeman Lenny Nero has moved into a more lucrative trade: the illegal sale of virtual reality-like recordings that allow users to experience the emotions and past experiences of others. While they typically contain tawdry incidents, Nero is shocked when he receives one showing a murder.
Starring:
Ralph Fiennes
,
Angela Bassett
,
Juliette Lewis
,
Tom Sizemore
,
Michael Wincott
,
Vincent D'Onofrio
Malice (
1993) | IMDb:
6.5
A tale about a happily married couple who would like to have children. Tracy teaches infants, Andy's a college professor. Things are never the same after she is taken to hospital and operated upon by Jed, a "know all" doctor.
Starring:
Alec Baldwin
,
Nicole Kidman
,
Bill Pullman
,
Bebe Neuwirth
,
George C. Scott
,
Anne Bancroft
Reds (
1981) | IMDb:
7.3
An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his adventurous professional life with his radical commitment to the socialist revolution in Russia, his dream of spreading its principles among the members of the American working class, and his troubled romantic relationship with the writer Louise Bryant.
Starring:
Warren Beatty
,
Diane Keaton
,
Edward Herrmann
,
Jerzy Kosiński
,
Jack Nicholson
,
Paul Sorvino
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (
1977) | IMDb:
7.6
After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.
Starring:
Richard Dreyfuss
,
François Truffaut
,
Teri Garr
,
Melinda Dillon
,
Bob Balaban
,
J. Patrick McNamara