Bridge of Spies (
2015) | IMDb:
7.6
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man's freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court.
Big Miracle (
2012) | IMDb:
6.5
A small-town news reporter and a Greenpeace volunteer enlist the help of rival superpowers to save three majestic gray whales trapped under the ice of the Arctic Circle.
Starring:
Drew Barrymore
,
John Krasinski
,
Kristen Bell
,
Vinessa Shaw
,
Dermot Mulroney
,
Ted Danson
Directed by:
Ken Kwapis
Inception (
2010) | IMDb:
8.8
Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.
Starring:
Leonardo DiCaprio
,
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
,
Ken Watanabe
,
Tom Hardy
,
Elliot Page
,
Dileep Rao
W. (
2008) | IMDb:
6.3
The story of the eventful life of George W. Bush—his struggles and triumphs, how he found both his wife and his faith—and the critical days leading up to his decision to invade Iraq.
Starring:
Josh Brolin
,
Elizabeth Banks
,
Ellen Burstyn
,
James Cromwell
,
Richard Dreyfuss
,
Scott Glenn
Body of Lies (
2008) | IMDb:
7
The CIA’s hunt is on for the mastermind of a wave of terrorist attacks. Roger Ferris is the agency’s man on the ground, moving from place to place, scrambling to stay ahead of ever-shifting events. An eye in the sky – a satellite link – watches Ferris. At the other end of that real-time link is the CIA’s Ed Hoffman, strategizing events from thousands of miles away. And as Ferris nears the target, he discovers trust can be just as dangerous as it is necessary for survival.
Starring:
Leonardo DiCaprio
,
Russell Crowe
,
Mark Strong
,
Ali Suliman
,
Simon McBurney
,
Michael Gaston
Stay (
2005) | IMDb:
6.7
Psychiatrist Sam Foster has a new patient, Henry Letham, who claims to be suicidal. In trying to diagnose him, Sam visits Henry's prior therapist and also finds Henry's mother -- even though Henry has said that he murdered both of his parents. As reality starts to contradict fact, Sam spirals into an unstable mental state. Then he finds a clue as to how and when Henry may try to kill himself, and races to try to stop him.
High Crimes (
2002) | IMDb:
6.4
A female attorney learns that her husband is really a marine officer awol for fifteen years and accused of murdering fifteen civilians in El Salvador. Believing her husband when he tells her that he's being framed as part of a U.S. Military cover-up, the attorney defends him in a military court.
Thirteen Days (
2000) | IMDb:
7.3
The story of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962—the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the discovery by the Americans of missile bases established on the Soviet-allied island of Cuba.
Starring:
Kevin Costner
,
Bruce Greenwood
,
Steven Culp
,
Dylan Baker
,
Michael Fairman
,
Henry Strozier
Bless the Child (
2000) | IMDb:
5.1
When Maggie's sister Jenna saddles her with an autistic newborn named Cody she touches Maggie's heart and becomes the daughter she has always longed for. But six years later Jenna suddenly re-enters her life and, with her mysterious new husband, Eric Stark, abducts Cody. Despite the fact that Maggie has no legal rights to Cody, FBI agent John Travis takes up her cause when he realizes that Cody shares the same birth date as several other recently murdered children.
Starring:
Kim Basinger
,
Angela Bettis
,
Holliston Coleman
,
Rufus Sewell
,
Christina Ricci
,
Jimmy Smits
Double Jeopardy (
1999) | IMDb:
6.5
Framed for the murder of her husband, Libby Parsons survives the long years in prison with two burning desires sustaining her -- finding her son and solving the mystery that destroyed her once-happy life. Standing between her and her quest; however, is her parole officer, Travis Lehman. Libby poses a challenge to the cynical officer, one that forces him to face up to his own failings while pitting him against his superiors and law enforcement colleagues.
Starring:
Ashley Judd
,
Tommy Lee Jones
,
Bruce Greenwood
,
Annabeth Gish
,
Benjamin Weir
,
Jay Brazeau
The Crucible (
1996) | IMDb:
6.8
A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials.
Starring:
Daniel Day-Lewis
,
Winona Ryder
,
Paul Scofield
,
Joan Allen
,
Bruce Davison
,
Rob Campbell
Ransom (
1996) | IMDb:
6.7
When a rich man's son is kidnapped, he cooperates with the police at first but then tries a unique tactic against the criminals.
Sudden Death (
1995) | IMDb:
5.8
When a man's daughter is suddenly taken during a championship hockey game – with the captors demanding a billion dollars by game's end – he frantically sets a plan in motion to rescue her and abort an impending explosion before the final buzzer.
Starring:
Jean-Claude Van Damme
,
Powers Boothe
,
Raymond J. Barry
,
Whittni Wright
,
Ross Malinger
,
Dorian Harewood
Hackers (
1995) | IMDb:
6.2
Along with his new friends, a teenager who was arrested by the US Secret Service and banned from using a computer for writing a computer virus discovers a plot by a nefarious hacker, but they must use their computer skills to find the evidence while being pursued by the Secret Service and the evil computer genius behind the virus.
Starring:
Jonny Lee Miller
,
Angelina Jolie
,
Jesse Bradford
,
Matthew Lillard
,
Renoly Santiago
,
Fisher Stevens