Guardians of the Galaxy (
2014) | IMDb:
8
Light years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of a manhunt after discovering an orb wanted by Ronan the Accuser.
The Dark Knight Rises (
2012) | IMDb:
8.4
Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.
Starring:
Christian Bale
,
Michael Caine
,
Gary Oldman
,
Anne Hathaway
,
Tom Hardy
,
Marion Cotillard
Limitless (
2011) | IMDb:
7.4
The life of an unsuccessful writer is transformed by a top-secret 'smart drug' that allows him to use 100% of his brain and become a perfect version of himself. His enhanced abilities soon attract shadowy forces that threaten his new life.
Starring:
Bradley Cooper
,
Robert De Niro
,
Abbie Cornish
,
Andrew Howard
,
Anna Friel
,
Johnny Whitworth
Defiance (
2008) | IMDb:
7.1
Based on a true story, during World War II, four Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of West Belarus in Poland and join the Soviet partisans to combat the Nazis. The brothers begin the rescue of roughly 1,200 Jews still trapped in the ghettos of Poland.
Starring:
Daniel Craig
,
Liev Schreiber
,
Jamie Bell
,
Alexa Davalos
,
Allan Corduner
,
Mark Feuerstein
The Bourne Supremacy (
2004) | IMDb:
7.7
A CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their lives and Bourne, who promised retaliation should anyone from his former life attempt contact, is forced to once again take up his life as a trained assassin to survive.
Pearl Harbor (
2001) | IMDb:
6.2
The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval nurse Evelyn Johnson. But the rivalry between the friends-turned-foes is immediately put on hold when they find themselves at the center of Japan's devastating attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
Starring:
Ben Affleck
,
Kate Beckinsale
,
Josh Hartnett
,
Cuba Gooding Jr.
,
Jon Voight
,
Tom Sizemore
Gladiator (
2000) | IMDb:
8.5
In the year 180, the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius throws the Roman Empire into chaos. Maximus is one of the Roman army's most capable and trusted generals, as well as a key advisor to the emperor. As Marcus' devious son Commodus ascends to the throne, Maximus is sentenced to execution. He escapes but is captured by slave traders. Renamed "Spaniard" and forced to become a gladiator, Maximus must battle to the death against other men for the amusement of paying audiences.
Starring:
Russell Crowe
,
Joaquin Phoenix
,
Connie Nielsen
,
Oliver Reed
,
Richard Harris
,
Derek Jacobi
L.A. Confidential (
1997) | IMDb:
8.2
Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
Tombstone (
1993) | IMDb:
7.8
Legendary marshal Wyatt Earp, now a weary gunfighter, joins his brothers Morgan and Virgil to pursue their collective fortune in the thriving mining town of Tombstone. But Earp is forced to don a badge again and get help from his notorious pal Doc Holliday when a gang of renegade brigands and rustlers begins terrorizing the town.
The Bodyguard (
1992) | IMDb:
6.3
A former Secret Service agent grudgingly takes an assignment to protect a pop idol who's threatened by a crazed fan. At first, the safety-obsessed bodyguard and the self-indulgent diva totally clash. But before long, all that tension sparks fireworks of another sort, and the love-averse tough guy is torn between duty and romance.
The Hunt for Red October (
1990) | IMDb:
7.5
A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. Lone CIA analyst Jack Ryan has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it - because the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find Ramius, too. The hunt is on!