Watchmen (
2009) | IMDb:
7.6
In a gritty and alternate 1985, the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown. But after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered, an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited heroes set out to prevent their own destruction, but in doing so they uncover a sinister plot that puts all of humanity in grave danger.
Starring:
Malin Åkerman
,
Patrick Wilson
,
Billy Crudup
,
Matthew Goode
,
Jackie Earle Haley
,
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
300 (
2007) | IMDb:
7.6
Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, "300" is very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians; the battle is said to have inspired all of Greece to band together against the Persians, and helped usher in the world's first democracy.
Starring:
Gerard Butler
,
Lena Headey
,
Dominic West
,
David Wenham
,
Vincent Regan
,
Michael Fassbender