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 Gentlemen (
2020) | IMDb:
7.8
American expat Mickey Pearson has built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.
Starring:
Matthew McConaughey
,
Charlie Hunnam
,
Henry Golding
,
Michelle Dockery
,
Jeremy Strong
,
Colin Farrell
Serenity (
2019) | IMDb:
5.4
The quiet life of Baker Dill, a fishing boat captain who lives on the isolated Plymouth Island, where he spends his days obsessed with capturing an elusive tuna while fighting his personal demons, is interrupted when someone from his past comes to him searching for help.
Starring:
Matthew McConaughey
,
Anne Hathaway
,
Jason Clarke
,
Diane Lane
,
Djimon Hounsou
,
Jeremy Strong
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
Detroit (
2017) | IMDb:
7.3
A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest citizens' uprisings in the history of the United States.
Starring:
John Boyega
,
Will Poulter
,
Anthony Mackie
,
Algee Smith
,
Hannah Murray
,
Jason Mitchell
The Big Short (
2015) | IMDb:
7.8
The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.
Black Mass (
2015) | IMDb:
6.9
The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.
Starring:
Johnny Depp
,
Joel Edgerton
,
Julianne Nicholson
,
Dakota Johnson
,
Kevin Bacon
,
Benedict Cumberbatch
Selma (
2014) | IMDb:
7.5
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act.
Directed by:
Ava DuVernay
The Judge (
2014) | IMDb:
7.4
A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder.
Starring:
Robert Downey Jr.
,
Robert Duvall
,
Vera Farmiga
,
Billy Bob Thornton
,
Vincent D'Onofrio
,
Jeremy Strong
Zero Dark Thirty (
2012) | IMDb:
7.4
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.
Starring:
Jessica Chastain
,
Jason Clarke
,
Kyle Chandler
,
Jennifer Ehle
,
Mark Strong
,
Joel Edgerton
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
Directed by:
Steven Spielberg
The Happening (
2008) | IMDb:
5
When a deadly airborne virus threatens to wipe out the northeastern United States, teacher Elliott Moore and his wife Alma flee from contaminated cities into the countryside in a fight to discover the truth. Is it terrorism, the accidental release of some toxic military bio weapon -- or something even more sinister?
Starring:
Mark Wahlberg
,
Zooey Deschanel
,
John Leguizamo
,
Ashlyn Sanchez
,
Betty Buckley
,
Spencer Breslin