American Gangster (
2007) | IMDb:
7.8
Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. Partly based on a true story.
Starring:
Russell Crowe
,
Denzel Washington
,
Chiwetel Ejiofor
,
Cuba Gooding Jr.
,
Josh Brolin
,
Ted Levine
A Good Year (
2006) | IMDb:
6.9
Failed London banker Max Skinner inherits his uncle's vineyard in Provence, where he spent many childhood holidays. Upon his arrival, he meets a woman from California who tells Max she is his long-lost cousin and that the property is hers.
Starring:
Russell Crowe
,
Albert Finney
,
Marion Cotillard
,
Abbie Cornish
,
Didier Bourdon
,
Tom Hollander
Kingdom of Heaven (
2005) | IMDb:
7.2
After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.
Starring:
Orlando Bloom
,
Eva Green
,
Jeremy Irons
,
David Thewlis
,
Edward Norton
,
Ghassan Massoud
Black Hawk Down (
2001) | IMDb:
7.7
When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.
Hannibal (
2001) | IMDb:
6.8
After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again when he's discovered leaving a deserving few dead in the process. He returns to America to make contact with now disgraced Agent Clarice Starling, who is suffering the wrath of a malicious FBI rival as well as the media.
Starring:
Anthony Hopkins
,
Julianne Moore
,
Gary Oldman
,
Ray Liotta
,
Giancarlo Giannini
,
Zeljko Ivanek
Gladiator (
2000) | IMDb:
8.5
In the year 180, the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius throws the Roman Empire into chaos. Maximus is one of the Roman army's most capable and trusted generals, as well as a key advisor to the emperor. As Marcus' devious son Commodus ascends to the throne, Maximus is sentenced to execution. He escapes but is captured by slave traders. Renamed "Spaniard" and forced to become a gladiator, Maximus must battle to the death against other men for the amusement of paying audiences.
Starring:
Russell Crowe
,
Joaquin Phoenix
,
Connie Nielsen
,
Oliver Reed
,
Richard Harris
,
Derek Jacobi
The Peacemaker (
1997) | IMDb:
6
When a train carrying atomic warheads mysteriously crashes in the former Soviet Union, a nuclear specialist discovers the accident is really part of a plot to cover up the theft of the weapons. Assigned to help her recover the missing bombs is a crack Special Forces Colonel.
Starring:
George Clooney
,
Nicole Kidman
,
Marcel Iureș
,
Aleksandr Baluev
,
Rene Medvešek
,
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Schindler's List (
1993) | IMDb:
9
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
Starring:
Liam Neeson
,
Ben Kingsley
,
Ralph Fiennes
,
Caroline Goodall
,
Jonathan Sagall
,
Embeth Davidtz