American Fiction (
2023) | IMDb:
7.8
A novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.
Starring:
Jeffrey Wright
,
Tracee Ellis Ross
,
Erika Alexander
,
Leslie Uggams
,
Sterling K. Brown
,
Myra Lucretia Taylor
Killers of the Flower Moon (
2023) | IMDb:
7.8
When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.
Starring:
Leonardo DiCaprio
,
Robert De Niro
,
Lily Gladstone
,
Jesse Plemons
,
Tantoo Cardinal
,
John Lithgow
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (
2020) | IMDb:
7.7
What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.
Starring:
Eddie Redmayne
,
Sacha Baron Cohen
,
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
,
Michael Keaton
,
Frank Langella
,
John Carroll Lynch
The Hunt (
2020) | IMDb:
6.5
Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don't know where they are—or how they got there. In the shadow of a dark internet conspiracy theory, ruthless elitists gather at a remote location to hunt humans for sport. But their master plan is about to be derailed when one of the hunted turns the tables on her pursuers.
The Irishman (
2019) | IMDb:
7.8
Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union leader related to organized crime, with whom Frank will maintain a close friendship for nearly twenty years.
Molly's Game (
2017) | IMDb:
7.4
Molly Bloom, a young skier and former Olympic hopeful becomes a successful entrepreneur (and a target of an FBI investigation) when she establishes a high-stakes, international poker game.
Starring:
Jessica Chastain
,
Idris Elba
,
Kevin Costner
,
Michael Cera
,
Jeremy Strong
,
Chris O'Dowd
The Wolf of Wall Street (
2013) | IMDb:
8.2
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
Starring:
Leonardo DiCaprio
,
Jonah Hill
,
Margot Robbie
,
Kyle Chandler
,
Rob Reiner
,
Matthew McConaughey
My One and Only (
2009) | IMDb:
6.5
A mother takes her two sons on an unusual road trip from New York to Pittsburgh, St. Louis and eventually Hollywood in her quest to find a man to take care of them all.
Starring:
Renée Zellweger
,
Logan Lerman
,
Kevin Bacon
,
Troy Garity
,
David Koechner
,
Eric McCormack
Directed by:
Richard Loncraine
The Day the Earth Stood Still (
2008) | IMDb:
5.5
A representative of an alien race that went through drastic evolution to survive its own climate change, Klaatu comes to Earth to assess whether humanity can prevent the environmental damage they have inflicted on their own planet. When barred from speaking to the United Nations, he decides humankind shall be exterminated so the planet can survive.
The Return (
2006) | IMDb:
4.7
Joanna Mills has a successful career but feels her personal life is spinning out of control. She has few friends, an estranged father, and a crazy ex-boyfriend who is stalking her. Joanna begins having terrifying visions of a woman's murder, and it seems that she is the killer's next target. Determined to solve the mystery and escape her apparent fate, Joanna follows her visions to the victim's hometown and finds that some secrets just do not stay buried.
Starring:
Sarah Michelle Gellar
,
Peter O'Brien
,
Adam Scott
,
Kate Beahan
,
Sam Shepard
,
J. C. MacKenzie
The Departed (
2006) | IMDb:
8.5
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.
Starring:
Jack Nicholson
,
Leonardo DiCaprio
,
Matt Damon
,
Mark Wahlberg
,
Vera Farmiga
,
Martin Sheen
The Aviator (
2004) | IMDb:
7.5
A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Starring:
Leonardo DiCaprio
,
Cate Blanchett
,
Kate Beckinsale
,
John C. Reilly
,
Alan Alda
,
Danny Huston
What Planet Are You From? (
2000) | IMDb:
5.6
A human-looking alien from a highly advanced but emotionless all-male society is sent to Earth to impregnate a woman and bring the child back to their planet. The alien ends up falling in love there. A suspicious F.A.A. Agent targets him.
Starring:
Garry Shandling
,
Annette Bening
,
John Goodman
,
Greg Kinnear
,
Ben Kingsley
,
Judy Greer
Clockers (
1995) | IMDb:
6.9
Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug lord Rodney Little. When a night manager at a fast-food restaurant is found with four bullets in his body, Strike’s older brother turns himself in as the killer. Detective Rocco Klein doesn’t buy the story, however, setting out to find the truth, and it seems that all the fingers point toward Strike & Rodney.
Starring:
Harvey Keitel
,
John Turturro
,
Delroy Lindo
,
Mekhi Phifer
,
Isaiah Washington
,
Keith David