The Peanut Butter Falcon (
2019) | IMDb:
7.6
A down-on-his-luck crab fisherman embarks on a journey to get a young man with Down syndrome to a professional wrestling school in rural North Carolina and away from the retirement home where he’s lived for the past two and a half years.
Starring:
Shia LaBeouf
,
Zack Gottsagen
,
Dakota Johnson
,
Thomas Haden Church
,
John Hawkes
,
Bruce Dern
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (
2017) | IMDb:
8.1
After seven months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at Bill Willoughby, the town's revered chief of police. When his second-in-command Officer Jason Dixon, an immature mother's boy with a penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbing's law enforcement is only exacerbated.
Starring:
Frances McDormand
,
Woody Harrelson
,
Sam Rockwell
,
Lucas Hedges
,
Abbie Cornish
,
Caleb Landry Jones
Everest (
2015) | IMDb:
7.1
Inspired by the incredible events surrounding a treacherous attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, "Everest" documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind. Their mettle tested by the harshest of elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a breathtaking struggle for survival.
Life of Crime (
2013) | IMDb:
5.8
Two common criminals get more than they bargained for after kidnapping the wife of a corrupt real-estate developer who shows no interest in paying the $1 million dollar ransom for her safe return.
The Pardon (
2013) | IMDb:
5.5
Toni Jo tries to break her husband, Cowboy, out of prison and becomes an instant sensation due to her beauty.
Directed by:
Tom Anton
Lincoln (
2012) | IMDb:
7.3
The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.
Starring:
Daniel Day-Lewis
,
Sally Field
,
David Strathairn
,
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
,
James Spader
,
Hal Holbrook
Contagion (
2011) | IMDb:
6.8
As an epidemic of a lethal airborne virus - that kills within days - rapidly grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself.
Starring:
Marion Cotillard
,
Matt Damon
,
Laurence Fishburne
,
Jude Law
,
Kate Winslet
,
Jennifer Ehle
Higher Ground (
2011) | IMDb:
6.2
Vera Farmiga's directorial debut, HIGHER GROUND, depicts the landscape of a tight-knit spiritual community thrown off-kilter when one of their own begins to question her faith. Inspired by screenwriter Carolyn S. Briggs' memoir This Dark World, the film tells the story of a thoughtful woman's struggles with belief, love, and trust - in human relationships as well as in God.
Starring:
Vera Farmiga
,
Donna Murphy
,
Dagmara Domińczyk
,
John Hawkes
,
Joshua Leonard
,
Nina Arianda
Directed by:
Vera Farmiga
Winter's Bone (
2010) | IMDb:
7.1
After discovering her father put their house up for his bail bond and then disappeared, 17-year-old Ree Dolly must confront the local criminal underworld and the harsh Ozark wilderness in order to to track down her father and save her family.
Starring:
Jennifer Lawrence
,
John Hawkes
,
Kevin Breznahan
,
Dale Dickey
,
Garret Dillahunt
,
Sheryl Lee
S. Darko (
2009) | IMDb:
3.6
Seven years after the events of the first film, Samantha Darko finds herself stranded in a small desert town after her car breaks down where she is plagued by bizarre visions telling of the universe's end. As a result, she must face her own demons, and in doing so, save the world and herself.
Starring:
Daveigh Chase
,
Elizabeth Berkley
,
Briana Evigan
,
James Lafferty
,
Ed Westwick
,
Bret Roberts
Miracle at St. Anna (
2008) | IMDb:
6.1
Miracle at St. Anna chronicles the story of four American soldiers who are members of the all-black 92nd "Buffalo Soldier" Division stationed in Tuscany, Italy during World War II.
Starring:
Derek Luke
,
Michael Ealy
,
Laz Alonso
,
Omar Benson Miller
,
Pierfrancesco Favino
,
Valentina Cervi
Directed by:
Spike Lee
American Gangster (
2007) | IMDb:
7.8
Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.
Starring:
Russell Crowe
,
Denzel Washington
,
Chiwetel Ejiofor
,
Cuba Gooding Jr.
,
Josh Brolin
,
Ted Levine
Miami Vice (
2006) | IMDb:
6
A case involving drug lords and murder in South Florida takes a personal turn for undercover detectives Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs. Unorthodox Crockett gets involved romantically with the Chinese-Cuban wife of a trafficker of arms and drugs, while Tubbs deals with an assault on those he loves.
Identity (
2003) | IMDb:
7.3
Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.
Hardball (
2001) | IMDb:
6.4
An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.
Directed by:
Brian Robbins
The Perfect Storm (
2000) | IMDb:
6.5
In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail.
Starring:
George Clooney
,
Mark Wahlberg
,
Diane Lane
,
John C. Reilly
,
William Fichtner
,
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio