Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (
2014) | IMDb:
6.2
Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.
Starring:
Chris Pine
,
Keira Knightley
,
Kevin Costner
,
Kenneth Branagh
,
Lenn Kudrjawizki
,
Colm Feore
Where the Truth Lies (
2005) | IMDb:
6.4
An ambitious reporter probes the reasons behind the sudden split of a 1950s comedy team.
Starring:
Kevin Bacon
,
Colin Firth
,
Alison Lohman
,
David Hayman
,
Rachel Blanchard
,
Maury Chaykin
The Tailor of Panama (
2001) | IMDb:
6.1
A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a nefarious past and connections to all of the top political and gangster figures in Panama. The tailor also has a wife, who works for the Panamanian president and a huge debt. The mission is to learn what the President intends to do with the Canal.
Starring:
Pierce Brosnan
,
Geoffrey Rush
,
Jamie Lee Curtis
,
Leonor Varela
,
Brendan Gleeson
,
Harold Pinter
Vertical Limit (
2000) | IMDb:
5.9
Trapped near the summit of K2, the world's second-highest mountain, Annie Garrett radios to base camp for help. Brother Peter hears Annie's message and assembles a team to save her and her group before they succumb to K2's unforgiving elements. But, as Annie lays injured in an icy cavern, the rescuers face several terrifying events that could end the rescue attempt -- and their lives.
Starring:
Chris O'Donnell
,
Robin Tunney
,
Bill Paxton
,
Scott Glenn
,
Izabella Scorupco
,
Nicholas Lea
Legionnaire (
1998) | IMDb:
5.5
Alain Lefevre is a boxer paid by a Marseille mobster to take a dive. When he wins the fight he attempts to flee to America with the mobster's girlfriend Katrina. This plan fails and he seeks escape by joining the foreign legion. As part of the legion he tangles with abusive lieutenant Steinkampf and bonds with legionnaires Luther, Mackintosh and Rosetti.
Starring:
Jean-Claude Van Damme
,
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
,
Steven Berkoff
,
Nicholas Farrell
,
Jim Carter
,
Ana Sofrenović
The Jackal (
1997) | IMDb:
6.4
Hired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother dead, a psychopathic hitman known only as The Jackal proves an elusive target for the people charged with the task of bringing him down: a deputy FBI director, a Russian MVK Major, and a jailed IRA terrorist who can recognize him.
Smilla's Sense of Snow (
1997) | IMDb:
6.3
Smilla Jaspersen, half Danish, half Greenlander, attempts to understand the death of a small boy who falls from the roof of her apartment building. Suspecting wrongdoing, Smilla uncovers a trail of clues leading towards a secretive corporation that has made several mysterious expeditions to Greenland. Scenes from the film were shot in Copenhagen and western Greenland. The film was entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival, where director Bille August was nominated for the Golden Bear.
Starring:
Julia Ormond
,
Gabriel Byrne
,
Richard Harris
,
Jim Broadbent
,
Tom Wilkinson
,
Robert Loggia
Rob Roy (
1995) | IMDb:
6.9
In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, by borrowing money from the local nobility to buy cattle to herd to market. When the money is stolen, Rob is forced into a Robin Hood lifestyle to defend his family and honour.
Directed by:
Michael Caton-Jones