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
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
After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred. Eventually, Maximus is forced to become a gladiator and 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