The Goldfinch (
2019) | IMDb:
6.4
A boy in New York is taken in by a wealthy family after his mother is killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In a rush of panic, he steals 'The Goldfinch', a painting that eventually draws him into a world of crime.
Starring:
Ansel Elgort
,
Oakes Fegley
,
Nicole Kidman
,
Jeffrey Wright
,
Luke Wilson
,
Sarah Paulson
Directed by:
John Crowley
The Judge (
2014) | IMDb:
7.4
A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder.
Starring:
Robert Downey Jr.
,
Robert Duvall
,
Vera Farmiga
,
Billy Bob Thornton
,
Vincent D'Onofrio
,
Jeremy Strong
J. Edgar (
2011) | IMDb:
6.5
As the face of law enforcement in the United States for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career, and his life.
Directed by:
Clint Eastwood
The Eagle (
2011) | IMDb:
6.2
In 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father, the commander of the Ninth. Accompanied only by his British slave Esca, Marcus sets out across Hadrian's Wall into the uncharted highlands of Caledonia - to confront its savage tribes, make peace with his father's memory, and retrieve the lost legion's golden emblem, the Eagle of the Ninth.
Starring:
Channing Tatum
,
Mark Strong
,
Jamie Bell
,
Donald Sutherland
,
Denis O'Hare
,
Tahar Rahim
Edge of Darkness (
2010) | IMDb:
6.6
As a seasoned homicide detective, Thomas Craven has seen the bleakest side of humanity. But nothing prepares him for the toughest investigation of his life: the search for his only daughter Emma's killer. Now, he is on a personal mission to uncover the disturbing secrets surrounding her murder, including corporate corruption, government collusion and Emma's own mysterious life.
Starring:
Mel Gibson
,
Ray Winstone
,
Danny Huston
,
Bojana Novaković
,
Shawn Roberts
,
David Aaron Baker
The Proposal (
2009) | IMDb:
6.7
When she learns she's in danger of losing her visa status and being deported, overbearing book editor Margaret Tate forces her put-upon assistant, Andrew Paxton, to marry her.
Starring:
Sandra Bullock
,
Ryan Reynolds
,
Malin Åkerman
,
Craig T. Nelson
,
Mary Steenburgen
,
Betty White
Duplicity (
2009) | IMDb:
6.1
Two romantically-engaged corporate spies team up to manipulate a corporate race to corner the market on a medical innovation that will reap huge profits and enable them to lead an extravagant lifestyle together.
Milk (
2008) | IMDb:
7.5
The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an activist for gay rights and inspires others to join him in his fight for equal rights that should be available to all Americans.
Directed by:
Gus Van Sant
Changeling (
2008) | IMDb:
7.8
Los Angeles, 1928. When single mother Christine Collins leaves for work, her son vanishes without a trace. Five months later, the police reunite mother and son. But when Christine suspects that the boy returned to her isn't her child, her quest for truth exposes a world of corruption.
Starring:
Angelina Jolie
,
John Malkovich
,
Jeffrey Donovan
,
Michael Kelly
,
Colm Feore
,
Jason Butler Harner
Baby Mama (
2008) | IMDb:
6
A successful, single businesswoman who dreams of having a baby discovers she is infertile and hires a working class woman to be her unlikely surrogate.
Directed by:
Michael McCullers
Charlie Wilson's War (
2007) | IMDb:
7
In the 1980s U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson, Texas socialite Joanne Herring and CIA agent Gust Avrakotos form an unlikely alliance to boost funding for Afghan freedom fighters in their war against invading Soviets. The trio's successful efforts to finance these covert operations contributes to the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War.
Awake (
2007) | IMDb:
6.5
While undergoing heart surgery, a man experiences a phenomenon called ‘anesthetic awareness’, which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the operation. As various obstacles present themselves, his wife must make life-altering decisions while wrestling with her own personal drama.
Starring:
Hayden Christensen
,
Jessica Alba
,
Terrence Howard
,
Lena Olin
,
Christopher McDonald
,
Sam Robards
Michael Clayton (
2007) | IMDb:
7.2
A law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multi-billion dollar class action suit.
Starring:
George Clooney
,
Tom Wilkinson
,
Tilda Swinton
,
Michael O'Keefe
,
Sydney Pollack
,
Danielle Skraastad
Derailed (
2005) | IMDb:
6.6
When two married business executives having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, they are forced to turn the tables on him to save their families.
Starring:
Jennifer Aniston
,
Clive Owen
,
Vincent Cassel
,
Melissa George
,
Giancarlo Esposito
,
RZA
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.