White House Down (
2013) | IMDb:
6.3
Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service protecting President James Sawyer. Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group. Now, with the nation's government falling into chaos and time running out, it's up to Cale to save the president, his daughter, and the country.
Starring:
Channing Tatum
,
Jamie Foxx
,
Joey King
,
Maggie Gyllenhaal
,
Richard Jenkins
,
James Woods
X-Men: First Class (
2011) | IMDb:
7.7
Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were arch-enemies, they were closest of friends, working together with other mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known.
Starring:
James McAvoy
,
Michael Fassbender
,
Kevin Bacon
,
Rose Byrne
,
Jennifer Lawrence
,
Nicholas Hoult
Public Enemies (
2009) | IMDb:
7
Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger's charm and audacity endear him to much of America's downtrodden public, but he's also a thorn in the side of J. Edgar Hoover and the fledgling FBI. Desperate to capture the elusive outlaw, Hoover makes Dillinger his first Public Enemy Number One and assigns his top agent, Melvin Purvis, the task of bringing him in dead or alive.
Starring:
Johnny Depp
,
Christian Bale
,
Marion Cotillard
,
Jason Clarke
,
Rory Cochrane
,
Billy Crudup
The Longshots (
2008) | IMDb:
5.6
The true story of Jasmine Plummer who, at the age of eleven, became the first female to play in Pop Warner football tournament in its 56-year history.
Directed by:
Fred Durst
Disturbia (
2007) | IMDb:
6.8
Kale has a life most teenagers would envy. He spends his days endlessly playing video games, surfing the net, eating junk food and watching cable. He has complete free rein of the house, and a beautiful young hottie named Ashley has just moved in next door. There’s only one problem—he’s not allowed to leave the house. Kale’s under court-ordered house arrest for three months, and if he takes one step beyond a 100-foot perimeter of the house, his next confinement will be in a real prison.
Starring:
Shia LaBeouf
,
Sarah Roemer
,
Carrie-Anne Moss
,
David Morse
,
Aaron Yoo
,
Jose Pablo Cantillo
Déjà Vu (
2006) | IMDb:
7.1
Called in to recover evidence in the aftermath of a horrific explosion on a New Orleans ferry, Federal agent Doug Carlin gets pulled away from the scene and taken to a top-secret government lab that uses a time-shifting surveillance device to help prevent crime.
Starring:
Denzel Washington
,
Paula Patton
,
Val Kilmer
,
Jim Caviezel
,
Adam Goldberg
,
Elden Henson
Assault on Precinct 13 (
2005) | IMDb:
6.3
On New Year's Eve, inside a police station that's about to be closed for good, officer Jake Roenick must cobble together a force made up cops and criminals to save themselves from a mob looking to kill mobster Marion Bishop.
Starring:
Ethan Hawke
,
Laurence Fishburne
,
Gabriel Byrne
,
Maria Bello
,
Drea de Matteo
,
John Leguizamo
Timeline (
2003) | IMDb:
5.6
A group of archaeological students become trapped in the past when they go there to retrieve their professor. The group must survive in 14th century France long enough to be rescued.
Starring:
Paul Walker
,
Frances O'Connor
,
Gerard Butler
,
Billy Connolly
,
David Thewlis
,
Anna Friel
The Life of David Gale (
2003) | IMDb:
7.5
A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.
Dragonfly (
2002) | IMDb:
6.1
A grieving doctor is being contacted by his late wife through his patient's near death experiences.
The Juror (
1996) | IMDb:
5.7
With his gangster boss on trial for murder, a mob thug known as "the Teacher" tells Annie Laird she must talk her fellow jurors into a not-guilty verdict, implying that he'll kill her son Oliver if she fails. She manages to do this, but, when it becomes clear that the mobsters might want to silence her for good, she sends Oliver abroad and tries to gather evidence of the plot against her, setting up a final showdown.
Starring:
Demi Moore
,
Alec Baldwin
,
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
,
Anne Heche
,
James Gandolfini
,
Lindsay Crouse
Crimson Tide (
1995) | IMDb:
7.3
After the Cold War, a breakaway Russian republic with nuclear warheads becomes a possible worldwide threat. U.S. submarine Capt. Frank Ramsey signs on a relatively green but highly recommended Lt. Cmdr. Ron Hunter to the USS Alabama, which may be the only ship able to stop a possible Armageddon. When Ramsay insists that the Alabama must act aggressively, Hunter, fearing they will start rather than stop a disaster, leads a potential mutiny to stop him.
Starring:
Denzel Washington
,
Gene Hackman
,
Matt Craven
,
George Dzundza
,
Viggo Mortensen
,
James Gandolfini
A Few Good Men (
1992) | IMDb:
7.7
When cocky military lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee and his co-counsel, Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway, are assigned to a murder case, they uncover a hazing ritual that could implicate high-ranking officials such as shady Col. Nathan Jessep.
Jacob's Ladder (
1990) | IMDb:
7.4
After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rapidly falls apart as the world and people around him morph and twist into disturbing images. His girlfriend, Jezzie, and ex-wife, Sarah, try to help, but to little avail. Even Singer's chiropractor friend, Louis, fails to reach him as he descends into madness.
Starring:
Tim Robbins
,
Elizabeth Peña
,
Danny Aiello
,
Matt Craven
,
Pruitt Taylor Vince
,
Jason Alexander